ICU
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Specialty Focus
Study reveals ‘decades’ of maternity care access issues for women in rural areas
Women from disadvantaged backgrounds in rural Australia are facing significant barriers to accessing quality maternity care, new research shows. A…
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Clinical Practice
State health workers performance rated highly by NSW residents: report
People living in NSW were more likely to be satisfied with the care they received in public hospitals than those…
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Industry & Reform
Issues at Westmead ICU began long before Covid, says senior nurse
While COVID-19 hospitalisations begin to slowly plateau across NSW, the state's intensive care nurses remain under intense pressure. “People are…
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News
Is there ever too much of a good thing? Oxygen use put to the test
Historically, oxygen has been treated like holy water but it's time to take a closer look at its role in…
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Clinical Practice
Doing ‘everything’ near the end of life may be inappropriate for seniors in ICU
No-one wants to be a patient in an intensive care unit (ICU). But if you ever do require intensive care,…
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News
Half of ICU patients face psychological disorders after discharge: UK study
Patients discharged from the ICU frequently report symptoms of anxiety, PTSD or depression – and it could have major implications…
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News
The power of nursing notes: UK study on patient survival
The sentiments left in nursing notes are good indicators of whether ICU patients will survive, a UK study has found.…
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