scholarly journals Correction: Current perspectives, beliefs and practices concerning delirium in critically ill patients: a multicenter survey among Dutch healthcare professionals

Critical Care ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. P549
Author(s):  
Z Trogrlic ◽  
M van der Jagt ◽  
P van der Voort ◽  
H Ponssen ◽  
J Schoonderbeek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Multicenter Survey

The physician-nurse collaboration in feeding critically ill patients: A multicenter survey

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 63-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Binbin Mei ◽  
Wenting Wang ◽  
Meifen Shen ◽  
Feifei Cui ◽  
Zunjia Wen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Multicenter Survey

Do we treat individuals as patients or as potential donors? A phenomenological study of healthcare professionals’ experiences

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aud Orøy ◽  
Kjell Erik Strømskag ◽  
Eva Gjengedal
Keyword(s):  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Organ Shortage ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Number Of Patients

Background: Organ donation and transplantation have made it possible to both save life and to improve the quality of life for a large number of patients. In the last years there has been an increasing gap between the number of patients who need organs and organs available for transplantation, and the focus worldwide has been on how to meet the organ shortage. This also rises some ethical challenges. Objective: The objective of this study was to explore healthcare professionals' experience of ethics related to care and interaction with critically ill patients with severe brain injuries and their families. Research design: A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used to explore the participants' experiences. Methods for collecting data were a combination of participant observations and in-depth interviews. Participants and research context: Two ICUs in a Norwegian university hospital were recruited for data collection. A total of 12 cases were observed, and 32 of the healthcare professionals involved were interviewed. Ethical considerations: The study was approved by the Regional Committee for Research Ethics. Permission to the study in the ICUs was obtained from the Chief Physician in the two ICUs respectively. The right of the participants was ensured by written, voluntary, and informed consent. Findings: From the thematic analysis, a structure of the participants' experiences emerged as a process. While the patients' condition was clarified through phases of prognostic ambiguity, gradual clarification and prognostic certainty, interaction with the families was characterized by ambiguity that involved withholding. The prognostic process had a great impact on how the healthcare professionals interacted with the family. The interaction challenged the participants' caring values in various ways and captured an important structure in their experiences of the ethical interaction with the patients' families. These challenges distinguish caring for families in donation situations from caring for relatives of critically ill patients in general. Discussion: In the discussion we have illuminated how professional ethics may be threatened by more pragmatic and utilitarian arguments contained in regulations and transplant act. Conclusion: Ethical questions should be discussed more both in educations of healthcare professionals and in clinical practice.

Barriers to feeding critically ill patients: A multicenter survey of critical care nurses

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 727-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi E. Cahill ◽  
Lauren Murch ◽  
Deborah Cook ◽  
Daren K. Heyland
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Multicenter Survey
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