Pediatric ICU study finds communication time doubles when families initiate access to interpreters

Language barriers may be particularly harmful in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), where families encounter ...
The Greeley Tribune

Unsafe culture permeates Aurora VA’s ICU, staffers allege. The message? ‘Shut up and do what you’re told.’

On Feb. 20, 2023, a 77-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit at Aurora’s Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center for chronic kidney disease. Two weeks later, nurses and doctors grew ...

GALLERY: NICU babies receive an "egg-stra" special Easter celebration

Babies in Mission Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) celebrated their first Easter with a special “egg-stra” ...
Medscape

ICU Adults: Sicker, More Disabled Now Than Before

Older adults being admitted to intensive care units (ICU) in the US now are older, more frail, and much more likely to have pre-existing disabilities and multimorbidities than their counterparts ...
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CNA nurses demand UCI Health-Fountain Valley reopen pediatric units that serve hundreds of children annually

Registered nurses at UCI Health-Fountain Valley in Fountain Valley, Calif., are demanding that management immediately reopen ...
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AdventHealth opens neonatal intensive care unit in Hendersonville

A new neonatal intensive care unit in Hendersonville will mean shorter travel distances for families with premature babies, ...

New critical care unit to open in Brandon this spring as part of hospital expansion

More of the sickest patients in Westman will be able to receive critical care locally when they might have otherwise been ...

KU Hospital to close PICU, impacting critically ill children and families

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at KU Hospital, a unit that has long served the most critically ill children in the ...