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    Help during the pandemic for ICU nurses at some health systems came in the form of tele-ICU nurses working remotely to support on-site colleagues.

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    • Virtual hugs for the teleICU nurses! Read how tele ICUs helped meet increased ICU demands during the pandemic for Marie Mercier at @AtriumHealth in North Carolina and AACN board member Theresa Davis at @InovaHealth System in Virginia. https://t.co/2r2R8ypV7S

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    Researchers evaluating risk factors found understaffing and nurse workload increase the risk that ICU patients will suffer multiple organ failure.

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    • “No one understands the nursing care that patients need better than a nurse, so that knowledge has to be part of the decision-making process,” AACN's Sarah Delgado told @Nurse_com. Learn more about the study and consequences of high nursing workloads. https://t.co/fCU3vsMiDn

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    Meaningful nursing happens in the time between procedures and exams, when it’s just the nurse and patient in the room, things are shared, and a bond forms.

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    • 2020 may be the #YearOfTheNurse, but the best nursing takes only a moment, writes Nathan Welsh for @Nurse_com. “Now more than ever, people need to connect with another human, if only for a moment, and oftentimes that person is a nurse.” https://t.co/59db4GUu18

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    ICU staff at a U.S. hospital reported average ventilation time fell by nearly 50% when they used a protocol that combined three tools.

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    • “The big lesson here is not just the three tools that we looked at, but there’s always a benefit in combining these proven calculators and predictors … for a synergist effect.” - Wesley Davis, @UofSouthAlabama College of Nursing. https://t.co/HDKW6M7p5A