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Establishing an action research group to explore family‐focused nursing in the intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Coyer Fiona,
Courtney Mary,
O'Sullivan Judy
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-172x.2006.00604.x
Subject(s) - nursing , referral , intensive care unit , action research , medicine , intensive care , general partnership , critical care nursing , health care , psychology , mathematics education , finance , intensive care medicine , economics , economic growth
This paper presents the first phase of a four‐phase collaborative action research study which aimed to facilitate family‐focused nursing in the intensive care environment. The purpose of phase one was to determine intensive care nurses' perceptions of family‐focused critical care nursing and the appropriateness of family‐focused nursing in the intensive care unit. A collaborative action research group was established with six registered nurses working in the intensive care unit of a metropolitan tertiary referral hospital. Data were collected through group discussions and analysed using open coding. Findings revealed two categories related to perceptions of family‐focused intensive care nursing: partnership in care and maintaining a balance . The group unanimously agreed that family‐focused nursing was appropriate in the intensive care environment. The three subsequent action research phases of this study are reported elsewhere.