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International Nursing Review

International Nursing Review

Volume 54 Issue 2 Page 151-159, June 2007

To cite this article: G. Williams rnrmcrit. care cert.b.app.sc. (adv. nursing)grad. cert. psmgrad. cert law llm (qut)mha (unsw)fcn (nsw)frcnafachse, W. Chaboyer rnphd, L. Alberto rnbn, R. Thorsteinsdottir rnccrnbsc, S. Schmollgruber rnccrnphd candidate, P. Fulbrook rnphd, D. Chan rnicu cert(enb100)bscn(hon)mn(acute care)acls instructor(jibc), N. Bost rnmn (2007) Critical care nursing organizations and activities - a second worldwide review
International Nursing Review 54 (2) , 151–159 doi:10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00543.x

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Critical care nursing organizations and activities – a second worldwide review

  • 1 Foundation Chair, World Federation of Critical Care Nurses, Manila, Philippines, 2 Adjunct Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3 Director of Nursing, Maroondah Hospital, Victoria, Australia 4 Professor and Director, Research Centre for Clinical Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 Nurse Educator and Respiratory Care Nurse, Austral University Hospital, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6 Delegate of international affairs in the Icelandic Association of Critical Care Nurses, IACCN, 7  Vice - president of EfCCNa, EfCCNa, 8 Head Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, FSA University Hospital, Akureyri, Iceland, 9 Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa, 10 Professor of Nursing, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia, 11 Nurse Specialist (ICU), Prince of Wales Hospital, 12  Visiting lecturer, Department of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 13 PDC Chairman, Hong Kong Association of Critical Care Nurses, Hong Kong, 14 Project Officer, Research Centre for Clinical Practice Innovation, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Associate Professor Ged Williams, Maroondah Hospital, East Ringwood, Vic. 3135, Australia; Tel: + 61 39871 3340; Fax: + 61 39871 3310; E-mail: ged.williams@maroondah.org.au.
WILLIAMS G., CHABOYER W., ALBERTO L., THORSTEINSDOTTIR R., SCHMOLLGRUBER S., FULBROOK P., CHAN D. & BOST N. (2007) Critical care nursing organizations and activities: a second worldwide review. International Nursing Review 54, 151–159

Abstract

Background: This study is the second world survey of critical care nursing organizations (CCNOs). The first survey was undertaken 6 years ago and data were collected from 23 countries over a 2-year period. The aim of the second survey was to profile the issues and activities of critical care nurses and their professional organizations, expanding on the previous survey to obtain both an update of the issues and a wider global perspective.

Methods: A descriptive survey was emailed to 80 potential responding countries with recognized CCNOs or nursing leaders. Responses were analysed descriptively by geographical region.

Results: A total of 51 respondents completed the questionnaire over a 6-month period, achieving a return rate of 64%. The most common issues identified by critical care nurses were staffing levels and teamwork. Other important issues included wages, working conditions and access to quality educational programmes. The respondents perceived national conferences, professional representation, standards for educational courses, provision of a website, and educational workshops and forums as the five most important activities that should be provided for critical care nurses by national CCNOs.

Conclusions: Workforce and education issues remain dominant themes among critical care nurses of the world. These issues have changed very little in the last 6 years. Using the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses network of regional CCNOs and critical care nursing leaders has proven to be a successful strategy for the collection of data on world issues and for international communication and support.



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