What if December was about learning, not just counting down? 🎄📖

This December, we invite you to try a NICC Reading Advent Calendar.
One article a day.

🎁 Start anywhere.
🎁 Read what resonates.
🎁 Let December be a season of knowledge.

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<em>Nursing in Critical Care</em> | BACCN Journal | Wiley Online Library Background Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) is a common yet preventable condition, but its management is often hindered by inadequate training and the lack of standardised protocols. Aim T...

Are ICU teams fully prepared to prevent incontinence-associated dermatitis? 🤔

📝 Cross-sectional study
Assessed IAD prevalence and ICU nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices in a Turkish training hospital.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

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🩺 Sunday Reflection: Let’s Talk ICU Nursing!

👉 What’s one aspect of ICU nursing you think deserves more research attention and why?

Let’s share ideas and inspire future studies together! 💬

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🩸 Blood Glucose Monitoring & Delirium Risk in the ICU 🧠

This new study sheds light on an unexpected link between frequent fingertip blood glucose measurement and ICU delirium.

📖 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

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Kicking off #BACCN2025 with great conversations, smiles, and a special guest 🐾 Angus the therapy dog! 💙

Visit the Journal of Nursing in Critical Care at the BACCN stand to say hello and learn more about publishing with us.

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🎉 500 Followers! 🎉

A huge thank you to everyone who’s joined us on our journey here on Bluesky.
Your support helps us share the latest insights, stories, and research in nursing in critical care with an ever-growing community. 💙

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🫶 Sunday Reflection
“We stayed for the children, but who stayed for us?”

During and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic, re-deployment became the norm to address workforce shortages, but at what cost?

👉 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

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<em>Nursing in Critical Care</em> | BACCN Journal | Wiley Online Library Background Patients with severe hypoxaemia due to Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome may require extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). ECMO centres, known as ‘hub hospitals’, provide mobile t...

🫀 This qualitative study, family members share their experiences and perceptions of ECMO care during inter-hospital transfers.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

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🫀🤝How do cardiovascular surgeons and ICU nurses really experience mutual support?

This qualitative research highlights the critical role of teamwork in critical care.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

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Can the swimmer position for the upper limbs during prone ventilation lead to brachial plexus injury in ICU patients with ARDS?

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

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🧠💬 Should nurses speak to brain-dead patients?

This article explores how relational ethics can help nurses support grieving families, and even encourage organ donation.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...
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<em>Nursing in Critical Care</em> | BACCN Journal | Wiley Online Library Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has emerged as a transformative tool in critical care, enabling rapid bedside assessment of haemodynamic status, organ dysfunction and procedural guidance...

🆕 New in NICC Journal
POCUS is transforming ICU care — but what do nurses think?

This qualitative study dives into ICU nurses’ experiences with POCUS: from improved care to training & tech barriers.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...
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🎶A new RCT shows that combining music and eye masks significantly boosts sleep quality and cuts delirium in post-op ICU patients.

🔗 Read the study: doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

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<em>Nursing in Critical Care</em> | BACCN Journal | Wiley Online Library Background Missed nursing care (MNC) is a significant global issue in health care, especially in intensive care units (ICUs) where the complexity of patient care and high workloads increase the risk.....

Can improving ICU nurses' perception of patient safety reduce nursing deficits? This new study says yes, and it uncovers how.

📖 Read here: doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

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👶🩺 Protecting Our Tiniest Patients

A new study shed light on the incidence and risk factors of catheter-related thrombosis in neonates with peripherally inserted central catheters.

🔗 Read study: doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

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👶✨ What happens when we support very preterm babies with sensory interventions in the NICU?

Curious? Tap the link to explore the findings:
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

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🚨 POCUS in Paediatric Critical Care: A Game-Changer for ANPs 🧸🩺

A new study highlights how Point-of-Care Ultrasound can transform paediatric critical care when used by Advanced Nurse Practitioners in the UK.

Link: doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

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Enhancing Palliative Care in the ICU: Are We Ready?

A recent study highlights that many ICU nurses have medium to low palliative care competencies.

Full article here: doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

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BACCN Conference 2025 | BACCN Planning on attending BACCN 2025. Find out everything you need to know here

🎉 The British Association of Critical Care Nurses marks its 40th anniversary at the iconic Winter Gardens in Blackpool, 7–8 October 2025!

👉 Register & Submit Abstracts: www.baccn.org/conference/

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