Case Study in Caring Application of Watson’s Theory of Human Caring to End of Life Care in the Burns Intensive Care Unit: A Case Report

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-144
Author(s):  
Jonathan Bayuo
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Case Report ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Theory Of Human Caring ◽  
Human Caring

scholarly journals No place like home: A case study of a patient discharged from an Intensive Care Unit for end of life care at home

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Smith ◽  
Donna Hall ◽  
Geraldine Parke ◽  
Rebecca Lane ◽  
Alison Gray
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Advance Care ◽  
The Uk

Introduction Both in the UK and internationally, discharge from an intensive care unit to home for end of life care is a rare and challenging occurrence. These challenges include clinicians’ ability to identify appropriate patients in whom it is possible to communicate with about their wishes and preferences, the critical nature of their condition and the interface between hospital and community services. Method We present a case report of a patient who had been admitted to hospital with a myocardial infarction and subsequently suffered a cardiac arrest, from which he was successfully resuscitated. Subsequently, he suffered multi-organ failure, but despite treatments, the ceiling of care was reached. With a poor prognosis, medical and nursing staff engaged in advance care planning to determine his wishes and preferences at the end of life and to facilitate his discharge from the intensive care unit to his home. Conclusion This case study has highlighted that through good communication amongst patients, families and professionals and collaborative working across boundaries and organisations, appropriate patients in the critical care setting can have a real choice regarding where they wish to be cared for and die at the end of their life.

Practice of end-of-life care in intensive care unit. A national survey

2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Schimmer ◽  
C Yildirim ◽  
M Oezkur ◽  
SP Sommer ◽  
B Hörning ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
National Survey ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Life Care

Transparency in end-of-life care in the intensive care unit

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 2207-2208
Author(s):  
Mohamed Y. Rady ◽  
Joseph L. Verheijde
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Life Care

The Perspectives of Intensive Care Unit Nurses About the Current and Ideal Nursing End-of-Life Care

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijke Noome ◽  
Boukje M. Dijkstra ◽  
Evert van Leeuwen ◽  
Lilian C. M. Vloet
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Intensive Care Unit Nurses
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