title: Pronation therapy case report: nurse's perspective and lessons learned.
abstract: This article describes a brief review of prone therapy and its efficacy and effect on mortality in the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Furthermore, the situational background and clinical events that transpired prior to, during, and after the institution of pronation therapy for Elkhart General Hospital's Critical Care Center's first pronation patient using the RotoProne Therapy System are described from the nurse's perspective. The lessons learned from this first experience have led to the formation of several practice-based recommendations for future patient care.
authors.affiliation: Kyle Berry, BSN, RN, CCRN, is a registered nurse at the Critical Care Center of Elkhart General Hospital, Indiana, since January 2014, received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Indiana University. He continues to participate in multidisciplinary process improvement for pronation therapy and electronic medical record documentation education for Critical Care nurses.
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Berry
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D016684:Prone Position / Q000502:physiology*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy*; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics; D012399:Rotation