📢 Meet our new Associate Editor We are delighted to welcome Dr. Kathryn Connell, PhD, RN, CCRN, FCCM as a new Associate Editor for Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (ICCN)! More info about Kathryn: www.nursing.upenn.edu/live/profile...

We are delighted to celebrate another recipient of the ICCN Scholarly Impact Certificate. 🏆✨ “Optimal timing for early mobilization initiatives in intensive care unit patients: A systematic review and network meta-analysis”

💡 Author Spotlight Dr. Emilio Rodriguez-Ruiz is an intensivist and researcher in the Department of Intensive Care Medicine at the University Clinic Hospital of Santiago de Compostela and Associate Professor of Health Sciences at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

💫 Ethics Essentials Research integrity throughout the research lifecycle and stakeholders: Part 2 – From idea conceptualization to data collection 📖https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964339726000972

We are delighted to spotlight our Associate Editor, Mark van den Boogaard, RN, Ph.D. ✨, and his latest publication in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 🩺. About Prof. dr. Mark van den Boogaard: www.radboudumc.nl/en/people/ma...

📄New article published in @iccnursjournal.bsky.social Intensive and Critical Care Nursing The FEED-BAG study: The use of a hand-held portable ventilation feedback device may help to improve manual bag ventilation at bedside in ICU. 🫁 🔗 lnkd.in/eAAFyM9R

🎉 ICCN Scholarly Impact Certificate 2026 🎉 This certificate is awarded to Arnaud Bruyneel, Nicolas Bouckaert, Magali Pirson, Walter Sermeus, and Koen Van den Heede

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💡 Author Spotlight: Dr Ezekwesiri Nwanosike Dr Ezekwesiri Nwanosike, PhD is a Senior Research Associate in Electronic Health Records Data, Bristol Medical School (Population Health Sciences). 🌍 doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

💡 Author Spotlight: Gelana Fekadu (PhD Candidate) BSN (Hons), MSN (Adult Health), HDP (Teacher Education) Gelana Fekadu is a PhD candidate at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Australia. 📢 Check out Gelana Fekadu’s publication in ICCN doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

🎉 ICCN Scholarly Impact Certificate 2026 🎉 This certificate is proudly awarded to Guanjie Chen and team for their article: “Mucosal membrane pressure injury in intensive care units: A scoping review” Published in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 2024; 80: 103560.

Impact of Pre–ICU benzodiazepine and Z–Drug exposure on mortality in critically ill Adults: A nationwide retrospective cohort study: A nationwide retrospective cohort study 💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2025.104322

ICU staffing and patient outcomes in English hospital Trusts: A longitudinal observational study examining ICU length of stay, re-admission and infection rates doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

📢 Implementation and sustainability of an innovative ICU e-diary 💡 lnkd.in/g9iuCw-g

📢 We are delighted to welcome Filippo Binda as the new Associate Editor for Intensive & Critical Care Nursing 🎉 Please join us in congratulating Filippo and welcoming him to the editorial team!

Implementation and sustainability of an innovative ICU e-diary For centres considering e-diary adoption, they appear an acceptable alternative with facilitators that can be harnessed to promote adoption but barriers that need consideration. 💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2025.104266

🎉 Proud Moment Alert! 🎉 Congratulations to Faisal Alanazi, Sam Lapkin, Luke Molloy, and Jenny Sim for being awarded the prestigious ICCN Scholarly Impact Certificate! 🏅 Published in 2023, this outstanding work is among the top 10% of most cited articles in the journal!!

Impact of acoustic environment in intensive care unit on nurses’ well-being during COVID-19: A qualitative interview study This study highlights the potential risk of physical and mental well-being among ICU nurses. 💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2025.104189

The visitors’ book (VB) as a family-centered care tool: A corpus-based, multi-site study on the implementation of a narrative care practice in ICU. The VB is a sustainable and potentially effective tool for enacting patient & family-centered care. 💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2025.104188

Model establishment based on clinical data from patient monitors: Optimising night-time alarms in intensive care units doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

🏅 Recognizing excellence: launch of the ICCN Scholarly Impact Certificate doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

The impact of the PICU diary on post-intensive care syndrome in children and their parents: A pilot randomized controlled trial PICU diaries emerged as a promising family-centered support tool. Larger studies could establish their effectiveness on psychological outcomes. doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

🎯 Setting critical care Research Agendas: A new article type in ICCN We are pleased to introduce a pioneering article type in Intensive & Critical Care Nursing — “Research Agendas in Critical Care”! More info can be found in our Editorial: authors.elsevier.com/a/1la4Z3RG-M...

Stakeholder perspectives on the reduction of opioid exposure in ICU: A modified Delphi survey 💡https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2025.104089

🎉 Exciting News from ICCN! 🎉 Key Highlights: 📢 Q1 journal (#3/193) in the JCR Nursing category! 📢 Newly ranked in the Critical Care Medicine category (#8/62)! Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and readers for your ongoing support in making ICCN a premier platform for advancing nursing science.

Should influenza and COVID-19 vaccination be mandatory for ICU healthcare workers? A timely and important question is now addressed from both perspectives in a new pair of ‘CONTROVERSY’ articles published in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing.

📢 Author Spotlight: Dr. Nazmul Islam PhD Candidate & Research Coordinator, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Canada 💡 Check out Dr. Nazmul Islam's article published in ICCN doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

Diagnostic accuracy of rapid shallow breathing index based on diaphragm ultrasound predicting successful weaning from mechanical ventilation: A systematic review and meta-analysis doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

📢 Author Spotlight: Chen Yunxia Head Nurse of the Neurology ICU, Henan Provincial People's Hospital / Zhengzhou University People's Hospital, China. 💡 Check out Yunxia's article published in ICCN doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

Check out our 💡 Controversies articles published in ICCN - Do we still need central venous pressure monitoring in the ICU? Let us know what you think?

📢 Author Spotlight: Ifa Hafifah, MN, RN, PhD (Cand.) 💡 Check out Ifa's article published in ICCN: "Factors associated with good death for end-of-life patients in the intensive care unit based on nurses’ perspectives: A systematic review." doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

The effects of structured family auditory stimulation on preventing ICU delirium among patients with unplanned admissions: A randomized controlled study doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

📢 Author Spotlight: Dr Amy Freeman-Sanderson 💡 Check out Dr. Freeman-Sanderson's Current Insights article published in ICCN: Communication with the critically ill patient: A nexus between patient needs, communication partner skills and the ICU environment. doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

Comparative analysis of fully automated vs. conventional ventilation in postoperative cardiac surgery patients: Impact on alarms, interventions, and nurse acceptance doi.org/10.1016/j.ic...

Absolutely thrilled to share my latest publication, exploring the concept of family in #PICU #FCC research. An important milestone as the first publication from the #Siblings in #PedsICU International Research Interest Group too! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...