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Editors: Josef Trapani & Peter Nydahl Official Journal of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14785153
Are We Ready to Move Beyond Protocols in ICU Care? 🤔
This editorial reflects on the complexity of moving from protocol-driven practice towards genuinely patient and family-centred care in the ICU.
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#CriticalCareNursing #PatientCentredCare @baccnuk.bsky.social
Special Issue Call for Papers
In this video, Co-Editor Dr Cassandra Sturgeon Delia outlines the focus of the Special Issue and invite submissions from critical care nurses, educators, and researchers
🎬 Watch the video here: youtu.be/qS0ChZqxG7Y
#EthicalAI @baccnuk.bsky.social
🕯️ What stayed with you from this week in ICU?
This Sunday, we invite you to pause and reflect:
What is one moment from this week that you are still thinking about?
You do not need to share details.
Sometimes noticing is enough.
#SundayReflection #ICUNursing @baccnuk.bsky.social
❤️ What does love look like in critical care?
This Valentine’s Day, we acknowledge the quieter forms of care: reassurance offered in uncertainty, dignity protected in vulnerability, and the commitment to patients and families when outcomes are unknown.
#ValentinesDay @baccnuk.bsky.social
🧬 Artificial liver therapies in acute liver failure
This retrospective study compares plasma exchange alone with dual plasma molecular adsorption system plus plasma exchange in patients with acute drug-induced liver injury.
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⚙️ Does medical technology reduce workload or quietly add to it?
This scoping review protocol outlines how workload related to direct patient care involving medical technology is being measured in ICU settings.
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#HealthcareTechnology @baccnuk.bsky.social
🖤 What does ICU care feel like for those who wait, hope, and lose?
This critical commentary offers an intimate account written from the perspective of a wife navigating 9 weeks across 2 ICUs.
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#FamilyExperience @baccnuk.bsky.social
📣 Call for Papers: Special Issue 📣
Nursing in Critical Care invites submissions to the Special Issue “The AI Era in Critical Care Nursing: Innovation, Integrity, and Impact.”
🗓 Submission deadline: 1 October 2026
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
#AIinHealthcare @baccnuk.bsky.social
💭 What does good care look like when outcomes are uncertain?
In critical care, we often work without clear endings.
This Sunday’s question:
How do you define “good care” on days when recovery is unclear?
A question for reflection, not resolution.
#CriticalCarePractice @baccnuk.bsky.social
Is nitrous oxide underused in paediatric care? 👶
🔍 This cross-sectional study explores knowledge, current use, perceived barriers and willingness to adopt N₂O/O₂
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#PaediatricCare @baccnuk.bsky.social
How do new graduate nurses navigate uncertainty in ICU decision-making? 🤔
🔍 This study explores decision-making uncertainty, its causes, and how nurses respond to it
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#NewGraduateNurses #CriticalCareNursing @baccnuk.bsky.social
What happens after ICU survival from COVID-19? 🤔
Surviving critical illness is not the end of the journey.
🔍 This study focuses on adult survivors of COVID-19 critical care
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...
#CriticalCareRecovery @baccnuk.bsky.social
🌿 Who did you advocate for this week?
Patients.
Families.
Colleagues.
Or yourself.
As the week closes, consider:
What did advocacy look like in your ICU this week?
#ICUVoices #NursingPractice @baccnuk.bsky.social
What does delirium actually feel like for patients with sepsis?
This study shifts the lens to the body and mind as experienced from within.
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#CriticalCareNursing #Delirium @baccnuk.bsky.social
Should parents be part of NICU ward rounds?
The study suggests feasibility, with signals of reduced parental stress and improved care coordination, while also highlighting practical challenges around participation and sustainability.
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#neonatalcare @baccnuk.bsky.social
Continuity, communication, and knowing who is responsible for care sit at the heart of patient-centred practice. But how does primary nursing translate into the realities of intensive care?
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#PatientCentredCare @baccnuk.bsky.social
🧠 What do we notice in ICU that rarely makes it into documentation?
Not everything that matters is measurable.
This Sunday, we ask:
What aspects of care do you think are most easily overlooked or undervalued?
#InvisibleCare #CriticalCareNursing @baccnuk.bsky.social
🍼 Can intranasal breast milk support physiological stability in preterm infants?
This protocol outlines whether intranasal breast milk may influence physiological stability and feeding progression in preterm infants.
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#NeonatalNursing @baccnuk.bsky.social
🩺 How consistently is pain assessed and managed in paediatric critical care?
The study highlights the need to strengthen implementation of evidence-based pain practices through targeted clinical support tools.
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#PainManagement @baccnuk.bsky.social
🧸 What does child-centred care look like after PICU discharge?
When children leave PICU, care does not end at discharge. Parents’ experiences reveal what partnership truly means.
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#ChildCentredCare #PaediatricICU @baccnuk.bsky.social
Whose voices are still missing in critical care research?
This review synthesises how overlapping systems of oppression shape care experiences, outcomes, and vulnerability.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70336
@baccnuk.bsky.social #HealthEquity
From BACCN 2025 to Voices of Change
As you explore the BACCN 2025 Conference Round-Up in Nursing in Critical Care this Sunday, it is also timely to look ahead to the next collective moment for the critical care nursing community.
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How Safe Is the Journey from Ward to ICU? 🚑⏱️
Drawing on nurses’ accounts, this study examines the challenges that arise before, during and after the transfer of deteriorating patients from general wards to ICU.
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#CriticalCareNursing #PatientSafety @baccnuk.bsky.social
How Can Families Shape ICU Care for Autistic Patients? 🧠👨👩👧👦
This study explores how families navigate communication barriers, emotional strain, cultural values and ethical responsibilities while supporting autistic relatives in high-acuity care.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...
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📘 BACCN Conference 2025 Supplementary Issue Now Available
A snapshot of contemporary critical care nursing research is now live.
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🕯️ 7-Day ICU Reflection Challenge
For one week, pause and notice one small aspect of care each day.
Communication, comfort, family, environment, ethics, teamwork, improvement.
No posting required. Reflection is enough.
Change starts with noticing.
#SundayReflection @baccnuk.bsky.social
🦷 Can nurse-led oral care reduce post-extubation dysphagia in ICU patients?
This study explores whether structured, nurse-led oral care and safe swallowing education can make a measurable difference.
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#CriticalCareNursing #NurseLedCare @baccnuk.bsky.social
👁️ Can eye-tracking give a voice to mechanically ventilated ICU patients?
This review maps how eye-tracking technology has been used to support communication and symptom assessment in ICU settings, and where evidence gaps still remain.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...
#ICUInnovation @baccnuk.bsky.social
🧠 Are we missing the early signs of delirium in ICU patients?
This study explores how often delirium and subsyndromal delirium occur in ICU settings and examines risk factors that may inform earlier detection and prevention.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...
#DeliriumAwareness @baccnuk.bsky.social
What does end-of-life care really demand of ICU nurses?
This study examines how nurses experience and navigate end-of-life care, highlighting pressures that often remain unseen within highly technological environments.
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#EndOfLifeCare @baccnuk.bsky.social
