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The Canadian Journal of Critical Care Nursing is the journal of the Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses.

The Canadian Journal of Critical Care Nursing is the only peer-reviewed OPEN ACCESS critical care nursing journal in Canada.

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The CJCCN invites submissions on the following critical nursing topics: Clinical, Education, Management, Research and Professional Issues. Original articles on any aspect of critical care nursing are welcome.

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A rapid realist review of practices for assigning remote telemetry responsibilities to new critical care nurses

November 23, 2022

Brandi Vanderspank-Wright, PhD, RN, CNCC(C), Michelle Lalonde, PhD, RN, Amanda Ross-White, BA, MLIS, Sarah Crowe, MN, PMD-NP(F), NP, CNCC(C), Carley Alexander, BScN, RN, Rosalin Awad-Maglieri, BScN, RN, and Natalie Bourgeois, BScN, RN.

Abstract

Background: Registered nurses in critical care units may have a variety of responsibilities in addition to direct patient care. Assuming roles over and above their patient assignment can be challenging for nurses new to critical care. Even though additional roles may include similar skill sets (e.g., electrocardiography), the demands of learning multiple new roles and responsibilities occur during a larger transition into specialty practice.

Aim: To identify and summarize literature that helps provide guidance and best-practice(s) regarding assigning telemetry to new critical care nurses.

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Antecedents of burnout and turnover intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic in critical care nurses: A mediation study

November 23, 2022

Ann Rhéaume, PhD and Myriam Breau, PhD (c), MScN, RN

Abstract

Background: Nurses working in critical care environments have experienced a great deal of psychological stress during the successive waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying factors which contribute to burnout and turnover intentions are important to retain intensive care unit (ICU) nurses.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify factors that are directly and indirectly associated with burnout and turnover intentions in ICU nurses.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was used with survey data during the peak of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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