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Volume Contents ” Editorial Nurses’ attitudes toward computerised care plans in intensive care. Part 2 C. H. Lowry A study into the uses and effects of do-not-resuscitate orders in the Intensive Care Units of two teaching hospitals Susan H. Simpson Maintaining the patency of transduced arterial and venous lines using 0.9% sodium chloride Helen Leighton Introducing a change of nursing model in a general Intensive Therapy Unit Pamela Wilkinson Does nurse turnover mean nurse wastage in Intensive Care Units? Vanessa Gibson Causal and emotional factors related to work stress in ICU nursing staff. The importance of accurate measurement Joana Fornés Vives, Gloria Gallego Caminero, Magdalena Barcelo Oliver, Magdalena Crespi Caps and Antonia Gutierrez Casado Touch and visualisation to facilitate a therapeutic relationship in an intensive care unit —- a personal experience Louise Green Ethical decision-making in intensive care: a nurse’s perspective Catherine L. Bertolini Personal cost, caring and communication: an analysis of communication between relatives and intensive care nurses Philip A. Scullion Recovery units: the future of postoperative cardiac care Debbie Massey and Glen Meggit BACCN NEWS NOTICES Editorial Coronary care unit patients’ and nurses’ ratings of intensity of ischaemic chest pain David R. Thompson, Rosemary A. Webster and Terence W. Sutton After intensive care — what then? Christina Jones and Claire O’Donnell Communication and socialisation (1): an exploratory study 93 and explanation for nurse-patient communication in an ITU Allison J. Leathart Transplantation issues in the United Kingdom 105 Ruth Stewart An interview study of nurses’ assessment and priority of 107 post surgical pain experience Lis Boegeskov Nielsen, Ella |. B.S vantesson-Martinsson and Ingegerd L. Bergbom Engberg Do nurses know when to summon emergency assistance? 115 Katharine Daffurn, Anna Lee, Kenneth M. Hillman, Gillian Frances Bishop and Adrian Bauman Knowledge of immunology is essential to plan effective 121 nursing for immunocompromised patients }} Caroline S. Johnson ! An update on the Mead model and nursing care plan 127 Bridget A. McClune and Karen L. Franklin } } Elderly patients’ experiences of pain and distress in intensive 133 } care: a grounded theory study } Marie Louise Hall-Lord, Gerry Larsson and Inger Bostr6m } } | Communication and socialisation (2): perceptions of neophyte 142 } ITU nurses Allison J. Leathart BACCN NEWS 155 BOOK REVIEW 159 NOTICES 159 Editorial 163 Nutrition of critically ill people 165 Gerda Zainal Effect of level of lung injury on HR, MAP and SaO, changes 171 during suctioning Mary Jo Grap, Connie Glass, Mary Corley, Susan Creekmore, Karen Mellott and Carol Howard Transport systems for the critically ill: focuses for development 179 Caroline J. Hamilton Understanding the pre-operative information needs of patients 186 and their relatives in intensive care units Jenny McGaughey and Sheila Harrisson Ventricular septal defects. A case study and discussion 195 Susan Oliver Meningococcal meningitis 293 3 Anne Bradford Hallucinations following cardiac surgery in a paediatric 209 intensive care unit Julie Hughes Philosophy and models in critical care nursing 212 Liz Sutcliffe A salutary lesson 222 Linda A. Carter Nurses’ attitudes to visiting in coronary care units 224 Karen Fairburn BACCN NEWS 234 BOOK REVIEW 238 NOTICES 238 PRODUCT NEWS 241 Editorial 243 Problems following discharge after intensive care 244 Katherine Daffurn, Gillian F. Bishop, Kenneth M. Hillman and Adrian Bauman Intestinal barrier failure and the development of the systemic 252 inflammatory response syndrome Carol Ball Bereavement care: relationships between the intensive care unit 257 and the general practitioner Heather Peters and David Lewin Learning from the experience of loss: people bereaved during 265 intensive care Brian Hall and Deborah A. Hall Developing an information booklet to meet the needs of 271 intensive care patients and relatives Jenny McGaughey and Sheila Harrison A right to die? 278 Lorraine C. Jones Children visiting members of their family receiving treatment 289 in ICUs: a literature review Michael Johnstone The care and rehabilitation of cardiac patients and their families: 293 a report of a study tour of the USA David R. Thompson BACCN CONFERENCE 1994 ABSTRACTS 299 BACCN NEWS 307 BOOK REVIEWS 312 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO REFEREES 314 NOTICES 315 SUBJECT INDEX 316 AUTHOR INDEX 318