Walking Home From The ICU Episode 42: The Power of Nursing Care Against COVID19
When good nursing care is not possible during a pandemic, what happens to patient outcomes? Makenzie tells her tales as an ICU nurse in NY as we explore the role nursing care plays in saving and restoring lives. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton 0:28 Makenzie, thank you so much for being with us on the show.
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Walking Home From The ICU Episode 40: Cultural Revolution
Kali talks with Patty, a nurse, about what was it like in the early phases of the “Awake and Walking ICU” and how the new practice was introduced. We ask how the culture revolutionized in spite of opposition and who rejected the change? How did nurse Patty go from incredulous to emphatic? Episode Transcription Kali
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 39: Ethical Turmoil
Kali talks to Jim, about what is it like to be “born” into an awake and walking ICU and then be immersed in a different culture. Jim shares with us his culture shock and ethical turmoil as he strives to maintain his best practice in a new environment. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton What is it
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 38: “THEY’RE AWAKE?!?”
Kali talks to Alex, about what is it like to jump into an awake and walking ICU as a travel nurse. Alex shares with us her first shock and impressions upon entering a different culture and she teaches us the changes and wisdom her practice has gained. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton What is it like
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 37: Culture Shock
Kali talks about how much of our practice is driven by culture vs. evidence. What role does ICU culture play in our perspective, knowledge, and patient outcomes? How often do we dare to ask “Why?”, “What if?” or, “Why not?” Episode Transcription Kali Dayton The first time I ever stepped into an ICU was as
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 31: Nurse Manager
In this episode, Nancy talks with Kali about her transition to the awake and walking ICU as a nurse manager. She explains the nurse manager’s role in preserving a culture of humanity in the ICU. She shares with us how sedation cessation saved her own mother’s life. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton Nancy, thank you
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 30: Speech Language Pathologists
In this episode, Kali talks with Lydia, CCC-SLP, who shares with us the vital role speech therapy plays in helping patients get back to their lives. She explains how awake and walking enables patients to resume eating sooner and preserves cognition. The utilization of speech therapy is explained and applied in ways that the ICU
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 29: Occupational Therapists
In this episode, Kali talks with Merrill, MOT, to find out how occupational therapy is utilized when patients are awake and walking on the ventilator, what role occupational therapy plays in preserving physical and cognitive function during critical illness, and how this enhanced role has impacted Merrill’s his career. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton I’m
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 28: Pharmacists
In this episode, Kali talks with Kathryn, BCCCP. She tells us of her culture shock coming to the awake and walking ICU after years in units around the country and about the role pharmacists play in delirium prevention and preservation of function in the ICU. She also shares how this shift in focus has enhanced
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Walking Home from The ICU Episode 27: Physicians
Dr. Badke, MD, shares what it was like to shift perspective and culture as a new intensivist in the awake and walking ICU. He explains what role the physician plays in helping patients walking home after the ICU. Episode Transcription Kali Dayton Dr. Badke, thank you so much for joining us. Dr. Badke Thank you
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When patients are so ill that they require a ventilator in the ICU, the antiquated approach of heavy sedation and immobilization should be avoided in order to help prevent the immense burden of physical and cognitive disabilities suffered during survival. To understand this better, listen to Walking Home From The ICU. You will see what ICU consultant Kali Dayton provides to your team.
Her training will catalyze changes in your practice to improve outcomes, decrease costs, and allow your patients to return to their full lives. Learn to love your job again as you embrace whole person care instead of caring for inert sedated bodies. Kali is leading ICU teams to become Awake and Walking ICUs through true mastery of the ABCDEF Bundle.
I endorse her mission and look forward to the standardization of this evidence-based approach in ICUs all over the world.
Dr. Wes Ely, author of "Every Deep Drawn Breath," leading founder of the ABCDEF Bundle and ICU CAM delirium screening tool, and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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