🎉 BACCN/IACCN 2026 | Belfast, Northern Ireland! 🇬🇧

📍 Don’t forget to visit us at the Nursing in Critical Care stand! Come and say hello, meet the team and find out more about the journal, publishing opportunities.

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Pulmonary rehabilitation nursing may make a difference in COPD care. This meta-analysis found improvements in exercise capacity, dyspnoea, quality of life and selected lung function measures.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70579
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🌟 We’re delighted to welcome Dr Julia Harris and Prof. Ayda Kebapci as our new Associate Editors!
We look forward to having their expertise and perspectives as part of the editorial team.
Please join us in giving them a warm welcome!
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For families, critical illness reaches far beyond the bedside. Spiritual well-being and religious coping were associated with lower care burden among relatives of ICU patients.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70584

Physical restraint in older ICU patients creates a complex tension between safety, autonomy and dignity. Nurses described moral distress shaped by clinical, organisational and cultural factors.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70585

Workplace violence can leave “invisible wounds.” In this study, 64.6% of ICU nurses reported exposure, while fewer than half reported incidents—highlighting the need for stronger support and reporting cultures.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70571

Recovery after critical illness extends beyond physical health. Anxiety and depression remained common up to 3 years after COVID-19 ICU discharge, supporting long-term psychological assessment.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70577

✈️ Nursing in Critical Care is coming to Belfast!

Whether you’re an author, reviewer, researcher, clinician, or simply interested in critical care nursing research, we’d love to see you there.

👋 Come and say hello!

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Digital communication can strengthen family-centred ICU care—but experience differs across users. Families reported higher satisfaction, while nurses highlighted workload, privacy and coordination challenges.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70562

The Japanese CAFQa offers a validated way to assess alarm fatigue in ICU clinicians. Findings suggest Alarm Stress and Alarm Coping should be interpreted as distinct dimensions.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70576

AI in critical care must be more than accurate—it must be explainable. This discussion paper explores why transparency, human oversight and nurse involvement matter for responsible AI.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70560

What is ICU-acquired oral frailty? This qualitative study defines an under-recognised syndrome affecting physical, psychological and social well-being after critical illness.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70564

Can fresh air be part of intensive care? This case series explores how an ICU garden supported end-of-life care, delirium management and rehabilitation, while enhancing patient, relative and staff experiences.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70508

What is it like to experience mechanical ventilation? ICU survivors described vulnerability, disconnection, suffering and the vital support of nurses, family and spirituality.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70563

What should adult intensive care nurses be entrusted to do? This study developed and validated 13 Entrustable Professional Activities to support competency-based ICU nursing education in Brazil.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70565

How ICU teams work together matters. Greater nurse autonomy, ward-round participation and nurse–physician collaboration were associated with higher psychological safety.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70567

📍 We’re heading to Belfast!

Nursing in Critical Care will be at the BACCN/IACCN Conference 2026 on 12–13 October.

Come and visit our stand to meet the team and join us for our interactive workshop.
We look forward to seeing you in Belfast! 💙

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📖 Sunday Read

This study explores the nursing care of Stage 4B ALS complicated by epilepsy focusing on respiratory and nutritional management, psychological care, and rehab across seizure and awake phases.
🔗 https://ow.ly/ccLS50ZMWTB

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📖 Sunday Read : What happens when an ICU survivor remembers coming close to death?

This review explores the multidimensional nature of near-death experiences in adult ICU patients.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70532

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🫁 Can simulation better prepare nursing students to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia?

This study examined whether scenario-based simulation training strengthen nursing students’ VAP prevention knowledge and skills.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70558

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