Discharge practices for the intensive care patient: A qualitative exploration in the general ward setting.

Objective: To explore how registered nurses (RNs) in the general ward perceive discharge processes and practices for patients recently discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU). Background: Patients discharged from the ICU environment often require complicated and multifaceted care. The ward-bas...

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Publicado en:Intensive & Critical Care Nursing Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 292 - 301
Autores principales: Cognet, Stephanie, Coyer, Fiona
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2014
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          Cognet, Stephanie
          Coyer, Fiona
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          Critical Care Nursing
          Nursing Staff, Hospital
          Nursing Practice
          Intensive Care Units
          Nursing Units
          Transfer, Intrahospital
          Patient Discharge
          Nurse Attitudes
          Hand Off (Patient Safety)
          Grounded Theory
          Human
          Focus Groups
          Semi-Structured Interview
          Hospitals, Urban
          Queensland
          Record Review
          Field Notes
          Constant Comparative Method
          Theoretical Sample
          Registered Nurses
          Symbolic Interactionism
          Male
          Female
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Aged
          Job Experience
          Critically Ill Patients
          Nurse-Patient Relations
          Nursing Records
          Family
          Nurse-Patient Ratio
          Professional-Family Relations
          Communication
          Inpatients
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
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      ab: Objective: To explore how registered nurses (RNs) in the general ward perceive discharge processes and practices for patients recently discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU). Background: Patients discharged from the ICU environment often require complicated and multifaceted care. The ward-based RN is at the forefront of the care of this fragile patient population, yet their views and perceptions have seldom been explored. Design: A qualitative grounded theory design was used to guide focus group interviews with the RN participants. Methods: Five semi-structured focus group interviews, including 27 RN participants, were conducted in an Australian metropolitan tertiary referral hospital in 2011. Data analyses of transcripts, field notes and memos used concurrent data generation, constant comparative analysis and theoretical sampling. Results: Results yielded a core category of ‘two worlds’ stressing the disconnectedness between ICU and the ward setting. This category was divided into sub categories of ‘communication disconnect’ and ‘remember the family’. Properties of ‘what we say’, ‘what we write’, ‘transfer’ and ‘information needs’ respectively were developed within those sub-categories. Conclusion: The discharge process for patients within the ICU setting is complicated and largely underappreciated. There are fundamental, misunderstood differences in prioritisation and care of patients between the areas, with a deep understanding of practice requirements of ward based RNs not being understood. The findings of this research may be used to facilitate inter departmental communications and progress practice development.
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