Lyvonne N. Tume

Mar 7, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Lyvonne N. Tume |Andrew Lynes |Brian Johnston |Victoria Waugh

What is known about the topic The evidence to support the practice of routine gastric residual volume measurement to guide enteral feeding is poor. Despite this, UK adult ICU practice surveys have shown this practice to be prevalent. What this paper adds This study shows nurses decision-making around measuring gastric residual volume is based on perceived fears and risks of having a full stomach and inaccurate assumptions about the accuracy and reliability of this measurement.

Feb 20, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Lyvonne N. Tume |Leanne M. Aitken

Increasing evidence confirms critical-care patients experience complications (such as iatrogenic withdrawal and delirium) that require screening for, and identifying to, optimising patient outcomes.1, 2 Assessing risk, using validated screening tools, is a complex ‘task’; this is undertaken by the bedside nurse, who is now required to assess for (and then manage accordingly) pain, sedation level, iatrogenic withdrawal, delirium, pressure area risk assessment and more.3 Although these tasks...

Jan 30, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Chao Huang |Josef Trapani |Lyvonne N. Tume

Please note that the views expressed in this critical commentary are those of the authors and may not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Nursing in Critical Care editorial board, the British Association of Critical Care Nurses or Wiley.

Jan 29, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Lyvonne N. Tume

It is with both excitement and sadness that I welcome readers to the first issue of 2024. Having joined Dr. Trapani as co-editor of Nursing in Critical Care in December 2019, it is with sadness that I announce I am stepping down as editor, simply due to my own research and work commitments. However, I will continue to work as an associate editor for the journal. Reflecting on my 4 years as co-editor, I have learnt a huge amount from this experience.

Nov 27, 2023 | journals.plos.org | Joanne Jordan |Milton Keynes |Lyvonne N. Tume |Mike Clarke

Citation: Jordan J, Tume L, Clarke M, McAuley D, McDowell C, McIlmurray L, et al. (2023) Delivery of a novel intervention to facilitate liberation from mechanical ventilation in paediatric intensive care: A process evaluation. PLoS ONE 18(11): e0293063.