AACN Recommendation and Theme or sub-theme | Definition |
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Collaborative work environment | Recommendation that the teleICU and health care organization establish and maintain a healthy work environment to optimize patient outcomes. |
Tools for effective collaboration | Using professional communication skills, sharing goals, and having relevant patient information during teleICU and ICU interactions. |
Mutual respect | Demonstrating collegial interactions, recognizing team member roles, and protecting privacy and confidentiality. |
Collaborative leadership | The process of integrating teleICU and ICU practices at staff/unit and organizational levels of leadership |
Unique teleICU knowledge | Recommendation that teleICU nurses establish specific knowledge and skills to contribute to nursing practice and patient outcomes. |
Specialized skills | Having ICU clinical knowledge, demonstrating technological knowledge, systems thinking, and/or adaptability to adjust workflow as the environment changes. |
Execution | The process of identifying proactive interventions (preventing urgent situation), identifying or responding to an urgent situation, or providing real-time clinical decision support. |
Continuous improvement | Recommendation that teleICU nurses and ICUs partner in implementing best practices and measuring patient outcomes to optimize care. |
Measure value | The practice of monitoring or communicating teleICU interventions or outcomes to co-workers, unit(s), and/or organizations. |
Partnerships | The process of teleICU and unit collaborating to improve outcomes. i.e. collecting quality improvement data to improve patient outcomes, mentoring new clinicians to improve transition to practice. |