Decisions Made By Critical Care Nurses During Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning in an Australian Intensive Care Unit

Louise Rose, MN, Adult Ed Cert, BN, ICU Cert, Sioban Nelson, RN, PhD, Linda Johnston, RN, PhD, and Jeffrey J. Presneill, MBBS, PhD

Learning Objectives - At the completion of this program, the learner will be able to:

Objective 1:	Describe the role of critical care nurses in the management of mechanical ventilation.
Objective 2:	Discuss critical care nurses’ decision-making role in weaning mechanically ventilated patients.
Objective 3:	Identify advantages found in this study of critical care nurses managing mechanically ventilated patients.

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Decisions Made By Critical Care Nurses During Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning in an Australian Intensive Care Unit

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