Aim. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of intensive care nurses who provided end of life care to adult patients and their families after a decision had been taken to withdraw treatment. Background. End of life care following treatment withdrawal is a common phenomenon in intensive care. Less is known about nurses’ experiences of providing care for the dying patient and th...

background: emotion and how people manage it is an important part of personality that would immensely affect their health. investigations showed that emotional intelligence is significantly related to and can predict psychological health. objective: to determine the effect of teaching emotional intelligence to intensive care unit nurses on their general health. methods: this randomized clinical...

OBJECTIVE First, to assess the pattern of the prediction of intensive care unit patients' outcome with regard to survival and quality of life by nurses and doctors and, second, to compare these predictions with the quality of life reported by the surviving patients. DESIGN Prospective opinion survey of critical care providers; comparison with follow-up for survival, functional status, and qua...

As demand for nurse practitioners in all types of intensive care units continues to increase, ensuring successful integration of these nurses into adult and pediatric general and specialty intensive care units poses several challenges. Adding nurse practitioners requires strategic planning to define critical aspects of the care delivery model before the practitioners are hired, develop a compre...

one of the advanced nursing care procedures emphasized by nursing organizations around the world is patient or nursing advocacy. in addition to illustrating the professional power of nursing, it helps to provide effective nursing care. the aim of the present study was to explain the concept of patient advocacy from the perspective of iranian clinical nurses. this was a qualitative study that ex...

OBJECTIVE The current study was conducted to compare the opinions of mothers and nurses on the importance and availability of nursing support for parents with premature infants hospitalized in NICU. There is no overall picture of the nursing support for parents with hospitalized premature infants in Iran. Nurses, providing care in NICU, must view parent as an essential partner in care. But what...

Stress has been observed among various professionals, including intensive care unit (ICU) nurses, due to their close contact with patients in distress and at the risk of death. This situation becomes worse due to the need for direct and intensive care. This study was performed to characterize nurses working at ICU and verify the presence of stress among them. A total of 21 ICU nurses from five ...

Background: There are specific challenges regarding the perceptions of families of patients affected with coma in intensive care units. Identification of these perceptions may attract the cooperation of families with nurses and provide better care for patients. This study aims to explore the perceptions of families of patients affected with coma in intensive care units. Methods: It was a quali...