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1) The document discusses a study on the perceptions of intensive care unit nurses regarding ICU telemedicine. 2) The study introduced an eICU program at the University of Pennsylvania that utilized technologies like audio/video conferencing and remote patient monitoring to allow intensivists to provide care to ICU patients from a remote location. 3) The results of the 6-month study found that ICU telemedicine can improve patient survival in the ICU, although nurses were less convinced that it decreases medical errors or improves family satisfaction.

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OBEDOZA, Franco Obedoza II C

1) The document discusses a study on the perceptions of intensive care unit nurses regarding ICU telemedicine. 2) The study introduced an eICU program at the University of Pennsylvania that utilized technologies like audio/video conferencing and remote patient monitoring to allow intensivists to provide care to ICU patients from a remote location. 3) The results of the 6-month study found that ICU telemedicine can improve patient survival in the ICU, although nurses were less convinced that it decreases medical errors or improves family satisfaction.

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OBEDOZA, Franco Obedoza II C.

BSN IV-K1 Bedside Nurses Perception of Intensive Care Unit Telemedicine The ICU should be the safest place possible for our patients. Structure and process should be shaped according to widely accepted standards (Dijkema, 2012). Staffing can be an issue in ICUs with intensivist-led model of care. Workforce studies suggest number of intensivist physician and nurses is not enough to meet the demand of care on patient. A whole day staffing by intensivists is not common, that preventable morbidity and mortality may occur at night when intensivists are not around. Telemedicine is one way to have greater access to high quality critical care. It lowered mortality and shorten the stay over time of the patient upon introducing of this program. This research was done at the University of Pennsylvania. This eICU program is a 1-month program consisted of rationale for a change in the current care delivery model, instruction on integrated clinical workflows, hands-on instruction on how to document vital signs, fluid status, assessment scores. This eICU system includes 2-way audio conferencing, 1-way video conferencing for the patients room and monitoring of the patient, electronic record available to telemedicine clinicians and to bedside, and continuous physiological monitoring that can detect trends in vital signs and laboratory values of the patients. The study lasted for 6 months. It is discussed and concluded ICU telemedicine improves the survival in the ICU, although fewer thought that telemedicine decreases medical errors or improves the satisfaction of patients families. The result has important implications for the organization and management of critical care with respect to telemedicine. Using telemedication, a small number of physicians and nurses can complement bedside care for a large number of patients at several locations simultaneously and it can be an answer to an increasing demand for critical care services for patients. I chose this journal because it can be a huge impact on nursing care especially in ICUs in the near future. Imagine if this program will be implemented here in SLU, communications with the doctors would be very accessible even though theyre not available in the hospital, and delays in consultation would be minimized and faster action by nurses in the ICU will be improved.

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