Walking Home From The ICU
Kali
Kali Dayton, DNP, ACNP-BC, is an ICU nurse practitioner and consultant on a mission to create Awake and Walking ICUs. She hands the microphone to ICU survivors and bedside caregivers to reveal the realities of ICU experience and patients' journeys after discharge. The big picture of sedation and immobility is discussed and we explore how to improve short and long-term patient outcomes. We shift the vision from transferring out of the ICU to walking straight home after the ICU. www.DaytonICUconsulting.com Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkinghomefromtheicu/support">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkinghomefromtheicu/support</a>
- 26 minutes 24 secondsEpisode 212: Awake and Walking ICUs- What's in it for Nurses?
We know that the ABCDEF Bundle gives patients the best chance to survive and thrive. Yet, persistent hesitation regarding "increased RN workload and burden" remain significant barriers.
Is this belief true? Are sedation and immobility better, easier, and safer for nurses? Let's dive into Awake and Walking ICUs and what's in it for nurses.
Listen to more nurses share their comparison in workload and burden in episodes 76, 114, and 185!
Nursing Video https://youtu.be/5zBdDVo2pyY?si=eDJxid0A5aWLwc0y
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26 March 2026, 3:10 am - 1 hour 37 minutesEpisode 211: The Proper Care and Feeding of Families and Survivors - Cathy and Eli's Journey Through an Amniotic Fluid Embolism and ECMO
Critical illness impacts not only the patient in the bed but also their entire family during and after the ICU. Eli and Cathy Garrison join us to share their young family's course of twists and turns of an amniotic fluid embolism to long-term disability.
6 March 2026, 5:27 pm - 53 minutes 22 secondsEpisode 210: Beds Are Evil: Revolutionizing ICU Recovery with Personalized Nutrition, Exercise, and Anabolic Therapy with Dr. Paul Wishmeyer
In this groundbreaking episode, Dr. Paul Wischmeyer returns to share the incredible developments in ICU nutrition and rehabilitation that are transforming patient recovery. As both a critical care physician and ICU survivor, Dr. Wischmeyer brings unique insight into what it takes to truly help patients recover from critical illness.www.DaytonICUConsulting.com
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3 February 2026, 9:35 pm - 51 minutes 42 secondsEpisode 209: Pioneering the Role of a Licensed Mental Health Therapist in the ICU with Stephanie Jacques, LMT
What if we had an expert continually present in the ICU dedicated to caring for the mental and spiritual health of families, patients, and staff in the ICU?
How would this impact stress, grief, and trauma in the ICU?
How would this kind of support impact patient and family experiences, outcomes, and staff morale and burnout?
Stephanie Jacques, LMT, joins us now to share her expertise, experience, and pioneer legacy.
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7 January 2026, 4:59 pm - 1 hour 1 minuteEpisode 208: From Survivor to Revolutionist- an ICU Nurse's Reflections on Both Sides of the ICU Bed
Erika Breivogel's journey through the ICU as a patient forever changed her as a person as well as transformed the care she now gives as an ICU nurse. In this episode she inspires up with her reflections of ICU culture vs. patient reality and what moves her to keep fighting the ICU revolution.
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28 November 2025, 4:42 am - 1 hour 8 minutesEpisode 207: Elevating ICU Culture, Practice, and Outcomes Through Verticalization Therapy
What does verticalization therapy look like at the bedside?
What does it take to get the entire ICU team engaged in optimizing verticalization beds?
Jessica Cafferty, OTR/L and Jennifer Babb, PT, DPT join us to share case studies and insights into verticalization therapy in their ICUs!
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7 November 2025, 5:12 pm - 1 hour 12 minutesEpisode 206: Humanizing the Neuro ICU with Compassion, Teamwork, and Verticalization Therapy
With the complex mobility needs of patients in the neuro ICU, how did Dr. Tarek Dakakni standardize patient standing for 8 hrs a day?
As acting medical director, how did Dr. Dakakni bring all disciplines together to customize care and optimize outcomes for each patient as a person?
Dr. Dakakni joins us now to share how the ABCDEF bundle looks in his Neuro ICU.
Dr. Dakakni’s verticalization orderset: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IbWAlHqEVTgHyH1tI7Kp5lVcJw-OSgWJ/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=100517257919214330248&rtpof=true&sd=true
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7 October 2025, 12:23 am - 54 minutes 57 secondsEpisode 205: Verticalization Therapy- Implementation Strategies and Barriers
As described in episode 158, verticalization therapy (VT) has vast and powerful benefits to patient care and outcomes.
Having technology to increases access to VT is a big first step towards giving all patient early and routine doses of gravity.
In this episode, Heather M. Fudala, PhD, RN, CCRP, Audrey Roberson, PhD, RN, CPAN, NPD-BC, Elisa Winn, MSN, RN, AMB-BC, CWON, and Alice Peay, DPT, PT, MS join us to share lessons learned during their verticalization therapy study.
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27 September 2025, 5:15 pm - 37 minutes 4 secondsEpisode 204: The Power of Communication During Non-invasive Ventilation to Transform Comfort and Outcomes
A key part of symptom management, agitation management, and humanizing care is communication. Throughout the podcast, we have discussed non-verbal communication during mechanical ventilation.
....but what about non-invasive ventilation? How does the inability to communicate impact care, patient experience, and outcomes for patient on BIPAP?
Dr. Ian Wong shares with us his research and innovation that is transforming communication during non-invasive ventilation.
Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Communication Device Assessed During Noninvasive Ventilation Therapy - PubMedAtaia Medical – Empowering Patients with the Freedom to Speakwww.DaytonICUConsulting.com
27 August 2025, 4:44 pm - 55 minutes 49 secondsEpisode 203: Clinical Nurse Specialist Leading the ICU Revolution in Michigan
What is the role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in the ICU?
How did Lynette LaBine, MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN leverage her CNS role to win buy-in and guide her team to become an Awake and Walking ICU?
Lynette shares with us how consulting and training services opened the doors for her to fully lead the revolution in her ICU.
Listen and watch Lynette's RN colleagues HERE and rehab colleagues HERE!
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Want to bring the revolution to your ICU? Check out www.DaytonICUConsulting.com
Get your CE credit for this episode and all learning you do here!
Want to bring the revolution to your ICU? Check out www.DaytonICUConsulting.com
6 August 2025, 10:57 pm - 1 hour 1 minuteEpisode 202: Speechless in the ICU- an SLP’s Journey
Vanessa Abraham is an expert speech language pathologist. She had given innumerable youth access to communication. Then she found herself speechless in the ICU. Dr. Jared Rosen was a medical student with Vanessa and was a key player in humanizing her journey through critical illness.
Buy and share Vanessa’s book, “Speechless” here: https://www.amazon.com/Speechless-Therapist-Ability-Struggle-Reclaim/dp/B0DS96R6XT
Get your CE credit for this episode and all learning you do here!
Want to bring the revolution to your ICU? Check out www.DaytonICUConsulting.com
Get your CE credit for this episode and all learning you do here!
Want to bring the revolution to your ICU? Check out www.DaytonICUConsulting.com
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