💡 Author Spotlight: Dr Ezekwesiri Nwanosike
Dr Ezekwesiri Nwanosike, PhD is a Senior Research Associate in Electronic Health Records Data, Bristol Medical School (Population Health Sciences). 🌍
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💡 Author Spotlight: Gelana Fekadu (PhD Candidate)
BSN (Hons), MSN (Adult Health), HDP (Teacher Education)
Gelana Fekadu is a PhD candidate at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Australia.
📢 Check out Gelana Fekadu’s publication in ICCN
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🎉 ICCN Scholarly Impact Certificate 2026 🎉
This certificate is proudly awarded to Guanjie Chen and team for their article:
“Mucosal membrane pressure injury in intensive care units: A scoping review”
Published in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 2024; 80: 103560.
Impact of Pre–ICU benzodiazepine and Z–Drug exposure on mortality in critically ill Adults: A nationwide retrospective cohort study: A nationwide retrospective cohort study
💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2025.104322
ICU staffing and patient outcomes in English hospital Trusts: A longitudinal observational study examining ICU length of stay, re-admission and infection rates
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📢 Implementation and sustainability of an innovative ICU e-diary
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📢 We are delighted to welcome Filippo Binda as the new Associate Editor for Intensive & Critical Care Nursing 🎉
Please join us in congratulating Filippo and welcoming him to the editorial team!
Implementation and sustainability of an innovative ICU e-diary
For centres considering e-diary adoption, they appear an acceptable alternative with facilitators that can be harnessed to promote adoption but barriers that need consideration.
💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2025.104266
🎉 Proud Moment Alert! 🎉
Congratulations to Faisal Alanazi, Sam Lapkin, Luke Molloy,
and Jenny Sim for being awarded the prestigious ICCN Scholarly Impact Certificate! 🏅 Published in 2023, this outstanding work is among the top 10% of most cited articles in the journal!!
Impact of acoustic environment in intensive care unit on nurses’ well-being during COVID-19: A qualitative interview study
This study highlights the potential risk of physical and mental well-being among ICU nurses.
💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2025.104189
The visitors’ book (VB) as a family-centered care tool: A corpus-based, multi-site study on the implementation of a narrative care practice in ICU. The VB is a sustainable and potentially effective tool for enacting patient & family-centered care. 💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2025.104188
Model establishment based on clinical data from patient monitors: Optimising night-time alarms in intensive care units
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🏅 Recognizing excellence: launch of the ICCN Scholarly Impact Certificate
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The impact of the PICU diary on post-intensive care syndrome in children and their parents: A pilot randomized controlled trial
PICU diaries emerged as a promising family-centered support tool. Larger studies could establish their effectiveness on psychological outcomes.
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🎯 Setting critical care Research Agendas: A new article type in ICCN
We are pleased to introduce a pioneering article type in Intensive & Critical Care Nursing — “Research Agendas in Critical Care”!
More info can be found in our Editorial: authors.elsevier.com/a/1la4Z3RG-M...
Stakeholder perspectives on the reduction of opioid exposure in ICU: A modified Delphi survey
💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2025.104089
🎉 Exciting News from ICCN! 🎉
Key Highlights:
📢 Q1 journal (#3/193) in the JCR Nursing category!
📢 Newly ranked in the Critical Care Medicine category (#8/62)!
Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and readers for your ongoing support in making ICCN a premier platform for advancing nursing science.
Should influenza and COVID-19 vaccination be mandatory for ICU healthcare workers?
A timely and important question is now addressed from both perspectives in a new pair of ‘CONTROVERSY’ articles published in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing.
📢 Author Spotlight: Dr. Nazmul Islam
PhD Candidate & Research Coordinator, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Canada
💡 Check out Dr. Nazmul Islam's article published in ICCN doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...
Diagnostic accuracy of rapid shallow breathing index based on diaphragm ultrasound predicting successful weaning from mechanical ventilation: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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📢 Author Spotlight: Chen Yunxia
Head Nurse of the Neurology ICU, Henan Provincial People's Hospital / Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, China.
💡 Check out Yunxia's article published in ICCN doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...
Check out our 💡 Controversies articles published in ICCN - Do we still need central venous pressure monitoring in the ICU?
Let us know what you think?
📢 Author Spotlight: Ifa Hafifah, MN, RN, PhD (Cand.)
💡 Check out Ifa's article published in ICCN: "Factors associated with good death for end-of-life patients in the intensive care unit based on nurses’ perspectives: A systematic review." doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...
The effects of structured family auditory stimulation on preventing ICU delirium among patients with unplanned admissions: A randomized controlled study doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...
📢 Author Spotlight: Dr Amy Freeman-Sanderson
💡 Check out Dr. Freeman-Sanderson's Current Insights article published in ICCN: Communication with the critically ill patient: A nexus between patient needs, communication partner skills and the ICU environment. doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...
Comparative analysis of fully automated vs. conventional ventilation in postoperative cardiac surgery patients: Impact on alarms, interventions, and nurse acceptance doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...
Absolutely thrilled to share my latest publication, exploring the concept of family in #PICU #FCC research.
An important milestone as the first publication from the #Siblings in #PedsICU International Research Interest Group too!
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