title: Caring for patients on mechanical ventilation: what research indicates is best practice.
authors.affiliation: Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, VA 22042, USA. vicki.lindgren@inova.com
authors.forename: Vicki A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Lindgren
authors.forename: Nancy J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Ames
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D019985:Benchmarking; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003142:Communication; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000451:nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000451:nursing; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013396:Suction; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000451:nursing; D015300:Ventilator Weaning / Q000451:nursing