Open AccessIdentifying cues of distorted memories in intensive care by focus group interview of nurses
Author(s) -
Fukuda Tomohide,
Watanabe Naoki,
Sakaki Kosuke,
Monna Yuriko,
Terachi Saori,
Miyazaki Satoko,
Kinoshita Yoshiko
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.1114
Subject(s) - focus group , notice , intensive care unit , qualitative research , psychology , delirium , nursing , intensive care , rehabilitation , focus (optics) , medicine , psychiatry , intensive care medicine , sociology , social science , physics , optics , neuroscience , anthropology , political science , law
Aim To determine cues to identify intensive care unit patients with distorted memories and related practices. Design Qualitative descriptive study. Methods Twenty nurses were included in semi‐structured focus groups. Qualitative content analysis was conducted. Results Cues and nursing practices related to distorted memories emerged under the following categories: “Get to know daily life before admission,” “Facial expressions and behaviour are different from usual,” “Pay close attention to the treatment outcome,” “Notice it after the fact,” “Sharing patients’ intensive care unit experiences” and “Creates a new life.” Nurses tried to detect distorted memories by observing the patients' facial expressions, medication effects and delirium presence during their normal lives and treatments, while trying to understand the patients' intensive care unit experiences and provide care that promotes autonomous living. This study emphasizes the importance of support for reconstructing ordinary life through communication and rehabilitation, in addition to support for medical care for distorted memories.