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  • Feasibility and acceptability of a toolkit to guide patient and family participation in intensive care unit rounds. [Journal Article]
    Aust Crit Care. 2026 Oct 09; 39(6):101708. [Online ahead of print]Fiest KM, Krewulak KD, … Stelfox HTAC
  • CONCLUSIONS: This pilot study demonstrated that a structured ICU rounds toolkit was feasible to introduce and acceptable to participating family members and healthcare providers who engaged with the materials. However, healthcare provider awareness and uptake were variable. Future studies should evaluate strategies to improve uptake and sustainability, alongside the toolkit's impact on family engagement, communication, and patient- and family-centred outcomes.
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  • Cognitive impairment after critical illness: A scoping review of recovery trajectories, assessment practices, and risk factors. [Review]
    Aust Crit Care. 2026 Oct 08; 39(6):101698. [Online ahead of print]Liao YC, Achmad BF, … Chen HMAC
  • CONCLUSIONS: Persistent post-ICU cognitive impairment is common and heterogeneous among adult survivors of critical illness, with cognitive deficits often emerging early after ICU discharge and persisting in some survivors. These findings support the conceptualisation of cognitive recovery as a dynamic and multifactorial process influenced by patient vulnerability, critical illness, treatment exposures, and postdischarge factors. Evidence remains limited regarding predictors of prolonged or persistent impairment. Greater standardisation of cognitive assessment and longitudinal and interventional research is needed to characterise recovery trajectories, identify individuals at risk of persistent impairment, and evaluate potentially modifiable targets.
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  • To report or not? A qualitative study of critical care nurses' experiences of incident reporting. [Journal Article]
    Aust Crit Care. 2026 Oct 08; 39(6):101693. [Online ahead of print]Alkhamisi O, Ottosen K, Mak VAC
  • CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the impact organisational and supportive culture play a major role in critical care nurses' willingness to report incidents. These findings explore the experiences of incident reporting among critical care nurses in Australia, which organisations may use to address the barriers and emphasise the facilitators to encourage effective reporting.
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  • Healthcare professionals' perspectives on the use of virtual reality for intensive care patients: A cross-sectional survey. [Journal Article]
    Aust Crit Care. 2026 Oct 07; 39(6):101699. [Online ahead of print]Goldsworthy A, Tronstad O, … Fraser JFAC
  • CONCLUSIONS: This survey highlights that intensive care unit healthcare professionals, with little VR experience, lack a cohesive perspective on the risks associated with VR use in this setting. Moving forward, the development of robust implementation strategies should be incorporated into VR research which address healthcare provider concerns and assist in the development of interprofessional clarity on the use of VR between healthcare providers.
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  • Safety issues and harms of communication vulnerability for adult patients in critical care: A qualitative descriptive study. [Journal Article]
    Aust Crit Care. 2026 Oct 07; 39(6):101695. [Online ahead of print]Istanboulian L, Freeman-Sanderson A, … Smith KMAC
  • CONCLUSIONS: Communication difficulties experienced during critical illness contribute to safety issues and harms across multiple physical, psychological, and social domains. Findings contribute to a growing body of evidence characterising the experiences and perceptions of patient safety in the adult intensive care unit. Findings have multiprofessional clinical implications in critical care settings particularly in relation to patient communication assessment and treatment and the creation of communication accessible and safe critical care settings.
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  • How the nurse-patient relationship is enacted in Danish intensive care units: An ethnographic study of conscious mechanically ventilated patients. [Journal Article]
    Aust Crit Care. 2026 Oct; 39(5):101683.Søndergaard MP, Bundgaard K, … Haslund-Thomsen HAC
  • CONCLUSIONS: The nurse-patient relationship with conscious mechanically ventilated ICU patients was enacted along a continuum ranging from technical-instrumental to relational focus, where safety, trust, and collaboration are essential. Nurses dynamically navigate this continuum, balancing attentiveness, advocacy, involvement, and touch with clinical and technical competence while remaining sensitive to patients' pace and capacity as well as managing contextual factors, such as technology and interruptions. This emphasises that nurses' responsibility and commitment to the nursepatient relationship is fundamental to provide quality care.
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  • Neuman Systems Model-based psychoeducation for psychological distress and coping in spouses of intensive care unit patients: An action research study. [Journal Article]
    Aust Crit Care. 2026 Oct; 39(5):101687.Karaçar Y, Bademli KAC
  • CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study suggested that psychoeducation based on the NSM may contribute to reduced psychological distress and improved coping styles among spouses of patients in the ICU. Following the intervention, participants most frequently reported emotional expression, acceptance, and seeking social support as coping strategies, alongside reduced anxiety and greater coping confidence. Further research in larger studies with appropriate comparison groups is needed to investigate these preliminary findings and determine the long-term impact of this intervention.
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