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| Title |
Dificultades para ofrecer cuidados al final de la vida en las unidades de cuidados intensivos. La perspectiva de enfermería
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| Published in |
Gaceta Sanitaria, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.gaceta.2016.11.006 |
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| Authors |
Juan Francisco Velarde-García, Raquel Luengo-González, Raquel González-Hervías, Sergio González-Cervantes, Beatriz Álvarez-Embarba, Domingo Palacios-Ceña |
| Abstract |
To describe the difficulties perceived by nursing staff in the delivery of end-of-life care to critically ill patients within intensive care units (ICU). A descriptive phenomenological qualitative study was performed. A purposeful and snowball sampling of nursing staff with at least 1 year's previous experience working in an ICU was conducted. Twenty-two participants were enrolled. Data collection strategies included in-depth unstructured and semi-structured interviews and researcher's field notes. Data were analysed using the Giorgi proposal. Three themes were identified: academic-cultural barriers, related to the care orientation of the ICU and lack of training in end of life care; architectural-structural barriers, related to the lack of space and privacy for the patient and family in the last moments of life; and psycho-emotional barriers, related to the use of emotional detachment as a strategy applied by nursing staff. Nursing staff need proper training on end-of-life care through the use of guidelines or protocols and the development of coping strategies, in addition to a change in the organisation of the ICU dedicated to the terminal care of critically ill patients and family support. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 8 | 38% |
| Chile | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 12 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 81% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 10% |
| Scientists | 1 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 229 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 229 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 39 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 31 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 5% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 42 | 18% |
| Unknown | 79 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 101 | 44% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 11% |
| Unspecified | 5 | 2% |
| Psychology | 4 | 2% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 13 | 6% |
| Unknown | 78 | 34% |