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. 2008 May;2(3):357–368. doi: 10.1177/193229680800200304

Table 4.

Nurse Perceptions from a Random Sample of 21 ICU Nurses

Average years working in ICU 6 (1–30)a
Average number of patients managed on eProtocol insulin 6 (1–250)a

As much work as:

Intravenous medications 9
Mechanical vent support 4
Single vasoactive drug 4
Multiple vasoactive drug 2
Dialysis (all, e.g., peritoneal dialysis, CVVHb) 2

Dialysis:

Ease of use (0 = easy, 10 = difficult) 2.6 (0–8)
Impact on ability to complete non-IIT-related nursing care to the patient on eProtocol-insulin (0 = no impact, 10 = significant impact) 4.0 (0–10)
Impact on work-related stress (0 = no added stress, 10 = significantly more stress) 3.8 (0–8)
Impact on ability to complete non-IIT-related nursing care to other patients assigned to you today (0 = no impact, 10 = significant impact) 2.6 (0–6)
a

Median and range. All other values reported as mean and range.

b

Continuous venovenous hemofiltration.