A national survey of Australian Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Liaison Nurse (LN) services

Australian Critical Care : Official Journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses
Suzanne EliottRuth Endacott

Abstract

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Liaison Nurses (LNs) emerged as a member of the multidisciplinary team to: assist in the transition of patients from ICU to the ward, respond to the deteriorating patient in an appropriate and timely manner, and in some instances act as an integral member of Rapid Response Teams (RRT). To identify the common core aspects and diversity within the ICU LN role across Australia and to determine whether the ICU LN hours of operation and the participation in MET teams has any impact on the activities undertaken by the ICU LN. This descriptive survey of 152 Australian ICUs was conducted in April 2010. The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) framework was used to develop the survey instrument, which comprised of four scales, education (5 items), collaboration (6 items), practice (8 items) research and quality (6 items) and a number of demographic questions. Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation (SD), median, interquartile ranges (IQR) and frequency) were used to summarise the data. Student's t-tests and Pearson's correlations were used to test the hypotheses. Surveys were received from 113 hospitals (55 metropolitan, 58 regional): a 74% response rate. ICU LN services operated in 31 (27%) of these hosp...Continue Reading

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