scholarly journals Relationship between personality hardiness and critical care nurses' perception of stress and coping in the critical care environment

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherina Ivette Chang
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Personality Hardiness ◽  
And Coping

Evolution of parental stress and coping processes: A framework for critical care practice

1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 212-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynda L. LaMontagne ◽  
Barbara D. Johnson ◽  
Joseph T. Hepworth
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Parental Stress ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Coping Processes ◽  
And Coping

Identification of Stress and Coping Skills Within a Critical Care Setting

1984 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald L. Stone ◽  
Peter Jebsen ◽  
Phyllis Walk ◽  
Richard Belsham
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Critical Care Setting ◽  
And Coping

The Importance of Assessing Symptoms and Symptom Clusters in Critical Care Units

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-282
Author(s):  
Karen H. Sousa ◽  
Carrie M. McDermott ◽  
Jason Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Symptom Assessment ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Symptom Clusters ◽  
Symptom Experience ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Technological Environment ◽  
Missed Opportunities ◽  
Critical Care Units ◽  
Critical Care Patients

In the highly technological environment of critical care, a comprehensive symptom assessment from the patient’s perspective is routine. There is a paucity of research related to symptom management in the critical care environment. The lack of understanding of the symptom experience for critical care patients could represent missed opportunities to manage symptoms and minimize suffering. This article discusses the importance of assessing symptoms and symptom clusters in critical care patients and challenges surrounding the assessment of symptom clusters. By understanding symptom clusters, critical care nurses can develop more comprehensive assessments, as well as more tailored intervention strategies.

Do Critical Care Nurses Face Burnout, PTSD, or is it Something Else?: Getting Help for the Helpers

1993 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 558-565
Author(s):  
Kathleen Houston Acker
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Stress Generation ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Post Traumatic

The critical-care environment can be a stressful place to work. As a result of stress generation, critical-care nurses must use coping mechanisms not normally needed. The Adaptation Process Phenomenon describes a sequence of behavioral patterns and responses during stressful situations, perceived or not, that can result in negative behavioral responses to stress. For critical-care nurses, negative responses can impair the ability to care for patients and families. Adapation to stress must be identified and examined as a potential illness for critical-care nurses. Is the problem burnout, post traumatic stress disorder, or something else

Sleep Promotion in the Critical Care Unit

1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Culpepper Richards
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Critical Care Unit ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Back Massage

Promoting the quiet and relaxation necessary for sleep in a busy, noisy critical care environment is a problem critical care nurses face daily. Descriptive studies have defined and increased understanding of this problem, but few interventional studies have been accomplished. Interventions that have demonstrated significant improvements in sleep quality in the critical care environment are an audiotape of the sounds of the ocean or rain, a masking signal, and a back massage

scholarly journals Requirements for reflection in the critical care environment

Curationis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia J. Filmalter ◽  
Tanya Heyns
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Important Method ◽  
Practice Development

Background: Reflection is recognised as an important method for practice development. The importance of reflection is well documented in the literature, but the requirements for reflection remain unclear.Objectives: To explore and describe the requirements for reflection in the critical care environment as viewed by educators of qualified critical care nurses.Method: A focus group interview was conducted to explore and describe the views of educators of qualified critical care nurses regarding requirements for reflection in the critical care environment.Results: The themes that emerged from the focus group were buy-in from stakeholders –management, facilitators and critical care nurses, and the need to create an environment where reflection can occur.Conclusion: Critical care nurses should be allowed time to reflect on their practice and be supported by peers as well as a facilitator in a non-intimidating way to promote emancipatorypractice development.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document