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Intensive care nurses' experiences of assessing and dealing with patients' psychological needs
Author(s) -
Price Ann M
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
nursing in critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.689
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1478-5153
pISSN - 1362-1017
DOI - 10.1111/j.1362-1017.2004.00055.x
Subject(s) - nursing , intensive care unit , intensive care , perception , psychology , critical care nursing , medicine , health care , psychiatry , intensive care medicine , neuroscience , economics , economic growth
Summary • Several authors have highlighted the short‐ and long‐term psychological effects of an intensive care unit (ICU) stay • Few authors have discussed the nurses' perceptions of psychological care • In this research, 12 nurses, who currently work in ICU, were interviewed using a semi‐structured technique • Six categories were developed about issues in psychological care • Implications for practice included the important role of the family, need for improved communication and improved staff awareness of issues