Slik kan pårørende til intensivpasienter få en mer aktiv rolle
Med en rolig atmosfære på enerom, liberale besøkstider og tillit til helsepersonellet kan de pårørende være en ressurs for hjerteopererte pasienter på forlenget intensivopphold.
Med en rolig atmosfære på enerom, liberale besøkstider og tillit til helsepersonellet kan de pårørende være en ressurs for hjerteopererte pasienter på forlenget intensivopphold.
Sykepleiere i master- og videreutdanninger fikk relevant kunnskap som de kunne ta i bruk i arbeidshverdagen for å bistå pasientene i samvalgsprosessen.
Delirium, en ASA-skår på 3–4 og ikke utskrevet til eget hjem var forbundet med redusert funksjonsnivå fire måneder etter utskrivelse.
Registered nurses noted a greater number of clinical signs of infection in infants with catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) than in infants without such infections. However, not all observations were documented.
The bereaved felt that they maintained a bond with their deceased family member through diaries that had been kept for the patients during their stay in ICU. The diaries also helped impart structure on a chaotic time and made it easier for the bereaved to vent their feelings.
Few midwives followed the recommendations for defining active labour in the electronic medical records. It is uncertain how many women in labour were continuously monitored by a midwife.
Women who had given birth by caesarean section often downplayed their own complaints, felt left to their own devices and received invaluable assistance from their partner.
They should be on the lookout for risk factors such as functional impairment, loneliness, changing roles and the feeling of being a burden.
A successful kidney-pancreas transplantation improves and stabilises patients’ daily lives. It also brings with it new elements of uncertainty that are important to convey to the patient.