McAtee Margaret, Personett Rebecca J
Education Department, Baylor All Saints Medical Center, 1400 Eighth Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76104, USA.
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2009 Sep;21(3):391-401, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2009.07.006.
In America today, more than one third of adults are obese. Increasingly, obese patients are admitted to critical care units. Critical care nurses must have additional knowledge and skills to identify health risks to obese patients and implement interventions to prevent untoward problems. Critical care nurses are also at risk when taking care of obese patients. The purpose of this article is to identify risks to both patients and nurses and to provide recommendations to address those risks.
在当今美国，超过三分之一的成年人患有肥胖症。越来越多的肥胖患者被收治到重症监护病房。重症监护护士必须具备额外的知识和技能，以识别肥胖患者的健康风险并实施干预措施，预防不良问题的发生。在照顾肥胖患者时，重症监护护士自身也面临风险。本文旨在识别患者和护士面临的风险，并提供应对这些风险的建议。
