ReviewCritical care (London, England)2022
Ten areas for ICU clinicians to be aware of to help retain nurses in the ICU.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- A nursing care model with a skill mix in the intensive care unit: a qualitative study of ICU nurses' and care assistants' experiences.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Designing Nurse-Physician Collaboration to Improve Psychological Safety, Satisfaction and Commitment of Critical Care Nurses-A Multi-Informant Survey Study.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
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- Relational and Organisational Factors Relating to Job Satisfaction Among Critical Care Nurses.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Better teaching in the intensive care unit: navigating a complex, multi-disciplinary learning environment.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Review
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- Work time pressure, work-family conflict, sleep quality, and burnout among intensive care nurses: a cross-sectional study using structural equation modeling.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- The Relationships Between Ethical Sensitivity, Ethical Decision-Making Ability, and Ethical Conflict Among ICU Nurses: A Structural Equation Model.Journal of nursing management · 2025Article
- Developing a Competency Model for Mobile Nurses in Chinese Tertiary Hospitals: A Delphi-AHP Approach.Journal of nursing management · 2025Article
- The relationship between moral distress and occupational burnout among ICU nurses: social support and psychological resilience as mediating variables.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Shortage of nurses on the ICU is not a new phenomenon, but has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The underlying reasons are relatively well-recognized, and include excessive workload, moral distress, and perception of inappropriate care, leading to burnout and increased intent to leave, setting up a vicious circle whereby fewer nurses result in increased pressure and stress on those remaining. Nursing shortages impact patient care and quality-of-work life for all ICU staff and efforts should be made by management, nurse leaders, and ICU clinicians to understand and ameliorate the factors that lead nurses to leave. Here, we highlight 10 broad areas that ICU clinicians should be aware of that may improve quality of work-life and thus potentially help with critical care nurse retention.
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