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Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Volume Contents (Volume 19 2003) Should relatives be denied access to the resuscitation room? C. Ardley A randomised controlled trial comparing the use of manual versus mechanical compression to obtain haemostasis following coronary angiography T. Jones and H. McCutcheon Music therapy—a complementary treatment for mechanically ventilated intensive care patients S. Almerud and K. Petersson Autonomy among intensive care nurses in Finland S.-L. Varjus, T. Suominen and H. Leino-Kilpi Chest X-ray quiz M. Reading Reviewing evidence J. Hewitt-Taylor Achieving collaborative workplace learning in a university critical care course E. Manias and R. Aitken 63 Editorial: Severe sepsis—a major challenge for critical care S. Dolan 68 Predictors of backrest elevation in critical care M.J. Grap, C.L. Munro, S. Bryant and B. Ashtiani 75 Humidification in the long-term ventilated patient; a systematic review S. Bench 85 Evidence for practice J. Hewitt-Taylor ELSEVIER IV Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (2003) 19, |-V! Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Volume Contents (Volume 19 2003) Should relatives be denied access to the resuscitation room? C. Ardley A randomised controlled trial comparing the use of manual versus mechanical compression to obtain haemostasis following coronary angiography T. Jones and H. McCutcheon Music therapy—a complementary treatment for mechanically ventilated intensive care patients S. Almerud and K. Petersson Autonomy among intensive care nurses in Finland S.-L. Varjus, T. Suominen and H. Leino-Kilpi Chest X-ray quiz M. Reading Reviewing evidence J. Hewitt-Taylor Achieving collaborative workplace learning in a university critical care course E. Manias and R. Aitken 63 Editorial: Severe sepsis—a major challenge for critical care S. Dolan 68 Predictors of backrest elevation in critical care M.J. Grap, C.L. Munro, S. Bryant and B. Ashtiani 75 Humidification in the long-term ventilated patient; a systematic review S. Bench 85 Evidence for practice J. Hewitt-Taylor ELSEVIER IV Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (2003) 19, |-V! Volume contents The introduction of new critical care equipment into the aeromedical evacuation service of the Royal Air Force D. Lamb “The worst journey of our lives”: parents’ experiences of a specialised paediatric retrieval service G. Colville, F. Orr and D. Gracey Assessment of neonatal nurses’ behaviors that prevent overstimulation in preterm infants M. Aita and C. Goulet Book Reviews Erratum to “Chest X-ray quiz” M. Reading Notices Power and conflict in intensive care clinical decision making M. Coombs Developing a competency framework for critical care to match patient need S. Bench, D. Crowe, T. Day, M. Jones and S. Wilebore Respiratory care in spinal cord injury with associated traumatic brain injury: bridging the gap in critical care nursing interventions N. Cook Pain assessment in critical care: what have we learnt from research K. Shannon and T. Bucknail Pressure sore prevention in the critically ill: what you don’t know, what you should know and why it’s important C. Theaker Chest X-ray quiz M. Reading Optimisation of oxygenation and tissue perfusion in surgical patients O. Boyd Notices Editorial P. Deeny Weaning from ventilation in paediatric intensive care: an intervention study S. Keogh, M. Courtney and F. Coyer Nurse consultants as higher level practitioners: factors perceived to influence role implementation and development in critical care D. Fairley The utilisation of continuous veno-venous haemofiltration for the removal of septic mediators in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome A.J. Ruffell Can protocolised-weaning developed in the United States transfer to the United Kingdom context: a discussion B. Blackwood ‘Realising the potential of critical care nurses’: an exploratory study of the factors that affect and comprise the nursing contribution to the recovery of critically ill patients C. Ball and M. McElligot Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (2003) 19, |-vi V Volume contents Chest X-ray quiz M. Reading End-of-life decisions in Swedish ICUs. How do physicians from the admitting department reason? M. Svantesson, P. Sjékvist and H. Thorsén Notices Editorial: California’s AB 394: the two sides of mandated staffing ratios L.V. Doering RCN Critical Care Forum: News and Issues J. Galley and B. O’Riordan A preoperative scoring system to identify patients requiring postoperative high dependency care A.M. Pirret Critical care nursing practice regarding patient anxiety assessment and management D.K. Moser, M.L. Chung, S. McKinley, B. Riegel, K. An, C.C. Cherrington, W. Blakely, M. Biddle, S.K. Frazier and B.J. Garvin Nurses’ clinical experiences of the inverse bed position on a neurointensive care unit—a phenomenographic study A. Dahl, H. Nyberg and U. Edéll-Gustafsson Chest X-ray quiz M. Reading Haemodynamic monitoring with pulse-induced contour cardiac output (PiCCO) in critical care R. Cottis, N. Magee and D.J. Higgins Supernumerary status: definition, operationalisation and its effect in practice B. McGowan and B. McCormack Critical care update: Research and practice Notices Editorial C. Ball RCN Critical Care Nursing Forum Annual Conference 20th-21st June 2003: The Changing Face of Critical Care Development and implementation of a multi-centre information system for paediatric and infant critical care B. Maybloom and Z. Champion Patients’ sleep in an intensive care unit—patients’ and nurses’ perception U. Frisk and G. Nordstr6m Intensive care sedation of mechanically ventilated patients: a national Swedish survey K.A. Samuelson, S. Larsson, D. Lundberg and B. Fridlund Chest X-ray quiz M. Reading Researching the experience of being critically ill: some methodological difficulties C. Jones and C. Lyons Levosimendan P. Mason Subject index, Author index and Volume Contents Vi Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (2003) 19, |-V! padé : :