Technology in the ICU, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Dr.

Wung is addressing an important component of critical care nursing: the role of technology in patient care.

She has assembled top authors to provide current clinical information in the following areas: Sensory overload and technology in critical care; Alarm fatigue; Nurse-technology Interactions; Safety steps to prevent Infusion errors; Product design and medical devices for nurses ; Technologies to assess physiologic parameters (hemodynamics/cardio output); Technologies to support hemodynamics (e.

g.

, balloon pump.

ECMO, etc); Interactive computer programs for application of critical thinking skills; Information technology Electronic health records (EHR); Real-time detection of clinical care deviations in ICU; Medication safety technology; and eICU/iCARE.

Readers will come away with the updates they need to improve patient outcomes.