The experiences of intensive care nurses caring for patients in vegetative state Bİtkİsel hayattakİ hastalara bakim veren hemşİrelerİn deneyİmlerİ
Anatolian Journal of Clinical Investigation, cilt.6, sa.3, ss.162-168, 2012 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 6 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2012
- Dergi Adı: Anatolian Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.162-168
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Futility of care, Intensive care, Nursing, Vegetative state
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Vegetative state (VS) is one of the most severe outcomes of brain damage. The nurses who give care to VS patients face different and strenuous experiences during care in intensive care units (ICUs). The aim of this study was to determine the experiences of ICU nurses who give care to VS patients. This was a qualitative study with 24 nurses who work in ICUs in a hospital. Characteristics and results from a semi-structured interview were used as data. The nurses were interviewed individually, face-to-face. The evaluation of data was made by Colaizzi's method, and three categories and seven themes were identified. The categories were: (i) professional approach, (ii) powers of care, and (iii) effects on the nurse. It was determined that the style of the nursing care for VS patients is based on nurses' professional responsibility and the dictates of their conscience, despite the physical and psychological challenges the job entail. Moreover, the nurses question the necessity of the provision of care, which many of them believe is futile. In conclusion, the nurses' experiences on the subject were consistent with the results from other related studies, and we recommend that care of VS patients would better be maintained in special care units other than ICUs.