
ATS 2025 Nursing Year in Review - The Complexity Of Surviving ICU Experience: Patients, Caregivers, And Community Members
This Nursing Year In Review Session provides a forum to disseminate and discuss the complex dynamics and consequences of surviving ICU experiences from patients, caregivers, and post-ICU community providers. Descriptions of Post-ICU symptoms by patients (PICS) and family members (PICS-F) are summarized along with current practice guidelines for Post-ICU care available within the community to support patients and their families. Faculty provides evidence-based strategies for the successful implementation of Post-ICU Community Support to improve PICS and PICS-F and health-related quality of life.
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the learners should be able to:
- Identify system-related barriers contributing to poor post-ICU symptoms experienced by ICU survivors
- Identify factors leading to suboptimal psychological distress outcomes experienced by bereaved or post-ICU family members
- Describe the available resources in the community that support ICU survivors and family members
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Faculty
Kathryn A. Riman, PhD, RN, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Valerie Danesh, PhD, RN, FCCM, FAAN, Baylor Scott & White Health
Krista Knudson, PhD, MSCR, RN, Marquette University
Christine E. Deforge, RN, PhD, Columbia University School of Nursing
Tania T. Von Visger, PhD, APRN, ATSF, The State University of New York at Buffalo
Tammy L. Eaton, PhD, MSc, RN, FNP-BC, ACHPN, FCCM, University of Michigan
Andrea B. Johnson, MSN, APRN, ACNP-BC, FCCM, PhD Candidate
Chairs
Deepa Rastogi, MBBS, MS, ATSF, Children's Hospital at Montefiore,
Christian Rosas-Salazar, MD, MPH, ATSF, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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