1. All authors are staff nurses in the medical intensive care unit at Christiana Care Health System of Newark, Delaware.
2. Christine Abazzia has been a registered nurse for 21 years.
3. Frances Adamo has been a nurse for 3 years, after a career as a respiratory therapist; she is enrolled in anesthesia school.
4. Brittney Gill has been a nurse for 5 years; she chairs the hospital’s quality and safety council.
5. Rebecca Morrison is a registered nurse with a master of arts degree in psychology. She has been a nurse for 2 years, after a career as a therapist.
6. Krista Volpe has been a nurse for 3 years, after a career in marketing and management.
7. Janice Prata has been a nurse for 40 years, all in critical care. She chairs the unit-based pain and palliative care committee.