Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Research

Dear Colleagues,

The main purpose of this Special Issue is to present scientific evidence regarding multidimensional nursing care provided in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Intensive and critical care nurses play a vital role in the whole process of treatment and care for patients in different critical health conditions. Their professional competences allow them to provide holistic nursing care focusing on patients and their families and to be important partners of interprofessional therapeutic teams.

This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental and Public Health on “Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Research” has been created to be an international and interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination of research results regarding the broad scope of nursing care delivered at ICUs. We welcome papers related, but not limited, to nurses’ role in quality-of-care improvement, development of critical care nurses’ competences, patient- and family-centered care in ICUs, ethical issues related to critical care nursing, prevention of moral distress and burnout of ICU nurses, critical care nurses’ cooperation within therapeutic teams, examples of good practices employing innovations and evidence-based procedures, management issues related to critical care nursing, end-of-life care in the ICU environment, and finally, critical care nurses’ challenges in time of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Manuscripts may cover any part of the practice of ICU nurses, including clinical, educational, psychological, spiritual, and other aspects. Different ICU environments may be considered. Research may be quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, or reviews that meet established review standards, and data may be from primary or secondary sources.

Prof. Dr. Beata Dobrowolska
Prof. Dr. Alvisa Palese
Dr. Dorota Ozga
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.