title: History of pulmonary critical care nursing and where we are going.
abstract: Pulmonary critical care nurses have played a prominent role in the ICUs from the inception of critical care units. This article describes how the history of pulmonary critical care nursing has evolved and discusses a few of the challenges in the years to come: stress imposed by working in a critical care environment, enhancing the care of patients by altering patterns of sedation and promoting early mobilization, and dealing with increasing infection rates.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Colorado Denver, Education 2 North, 13120 East 19th Avenue, Room 4327, PO Box 6511/C288-04, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
authors.forename: Suzanne C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lareau
authors.forename: Meredith
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mealer
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control; D003422:Critical Care / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000266:history; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000266:history / Q000451:nursing*; D009729:Nursing; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000266:history / Q000451:nursing; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000266:history / Q000451:nursing; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce