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Book Patients Perceptions of Stressors in the Intensive Care Unit

Download or read book Patients Perceptions of Stressors in the Intensive Care Unit written by Nancy Sohier Welch and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Patient s and Health Care Providers Perception of Stressors in the Critical Care Unit

Download or read book Patient s and Health Care Providers Perception of Stressors in the Critical Care Unit written by Alham Abuatiq and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose: The purposes of this study were to investigate intensive care patients' perceptions of stressors, to investigate the health care provider's perception of what constitutes a stressor from the patient's perspective, and to describe how health care providers manage their patients' stressors. This study is a replication of Cornock's (1998) study of stress. Background and significance: A person's mental state and stress level affect his or her overall wellbeing and recovery from illness and statistics suggest that stress actually causes 80% to 90% of illnesses (Sidman, 2011). Approximately 4.4 million patients require intensive care unit (ICU) treatment annually in the United States (National Quality Measures Clearinghouse. 2012). It is important to describe ICU patients' stressful experiences in order to provide feedback to health care providers and improve the quality of care (Justic, 2000). Methodology: Mixed methods design, comparative descriptive design for the quantitative section and phenomenological approach for the qualitative section. The sample included 70 ICU patients and 70 ICU health care providers. After consenting to participate in this study, a demographic form and a paper based tool, the Environmental Stressors graphic data form Questionnaire" (ESQ) (Cornock, 1998), were given to subjects. Questionnaires were filled out by subjects anonymously and returned to the researcher in the same setting. Findings: the top three most stressful items ranked by the patients included: "Being in pain", followed by "Not Being able to sleep" and "Financial worries"; on the other hand, health care providers perceived "Being in pain", followed by "Not being able to communicate", and "Not being in control of yourself' as the top three stressors perceived by their patients. Communication, pain management, encouraging the presence of family, and environmental control were the major strategies in health care providers' management of patients' stressors. Study implications: ICU staff can manipulate the ICU environment to be less stressful. The findings of this study could guide the development of ICU stressor control policy. Future research should focus on investigating the financial effects on ICU patients and their recovery from critical illness, there is a need to refine the health care reimbursement system accordingly.

Book Trauma Patients Perceptions of Stressors and Needs While in the ICU as Recalled After Discharge from the ICU

Download or read book Trauma Patients Perceptions of Stressors and Needs While in the ICU as Recalled After Discharge from the ICU written by Susan S. Brack and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Comparison of Nurses and Patients Perceptions of Intensive Care Unit Stressors

Download or read book A Comparison of Nurses and Patients Perceptions of Intensive Care Unit Stressors written by Carole Ann Rainbow and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Comparison of Patients and Nurses Perceptions of Stimuli Experienced in an Intensive Care Unit

Download or read book A Comparison of Patients and Nurses Perceptions of Stimuli Experienced in an Intensive Care Unit written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference between patients' and nurses' perceptions of the stimuli experienced by Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients. In addition, it determined if there was a significant relationship between the patients' perceptions of stress and the number of days spent in the ICU, the severity of illness, or whether a patient received an ICU orientation visit. The study was designed as a descriptive survey in which both patients and nurses rated, on a 4 point scale, the intensity of 22 stimuli commonly encountered in the ICU. The subjects were a convenience sample of 20 matched pairs consisting of a patient who had spent at lease 24 hours in the ICU and a nurse who had cared for that patient in the ICU.

Book Psychosocial Nursing Care Along the Cancer Continuum

Download or read book Psychosocial Nursing Care Along the Cancer Continuum written by Nancy Jo Bush and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preceded by Psychosocial nursing care along the cancer continuum / edited by Rose Mary Carroll-Johnson, Linda M. Gorman, Nancy Jo Bush. 2nd ed. c2006.

Book Perceptions of Stress and Its Impact in Intensive Care Nurses

Download or read book Perceptions of Stress and Its Impact in Intensive Care Nurses written by Joseph Perry and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of interpersonal interactions as stressor and stress reliever was highlighted in this study. Participants described the importance of social support in ameliorating the impact of stress but also described a reticence to acknowledge stress for fear of being judged as not suited to the rigors of ICU nursing. This study indicates that nurses perceive stress to affect many facets of performance with subsequent impact on patient care. Professional and legal duty of care requires nurses to address a known threat to patient care. Therefore, measures to relieve stress in ICU nurses should be explored in future studies. Further research into how social support can be optimized while not undermining the confidence and self-esteem of those receiving it has the capacity to significantly influence the experience of stress and its consequences in ICU nurses.

Book Staff Nurses Feelings of burnout and Perceptions of Stressors in the Intensive Care Unit

Download or read book Staff Nurses Feelings of burnout and Perceptions of Stressors in the Intensive Care Unit written by Sheila Morine Driscoll and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Patient Perception of Intensive Care Unit Discomfort

Download or read book Patient Perception of Intensive Care Unit Discomfort written by Essa Y. Hakamy and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Discomfort has a significant effect on patient health and well-being; however, the symptoms are often difficult to address in ICU. Most patients in ICU are unable to communicate, making it difficult for physicians and nurses to distinguish between pain and discomfort. For example, artificial airways and assisted ventilation prevent patients from communicating. Patients may also have difficulty communicating due to delirium, fatigue, sedation, or neurological disease. Rationale: Discomfort has a considerable influence on patient health outcomes and well-being if not identified and addressed. Researchers have not explicitly explored discomfort apart from pain, which underscores the importance of studying the effects of discomfort experienced in intensive care. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe select sociodemographic characteristics and other factors associated with the perception of ICU discomfort among adults 18 years and older after they were transferred to a progressive care, medical or surgical hospital unit. Design: A descriptive correlational cross-sectional design was used for this study. A convenience sample of 101 patients was recruited from a tertiary-level acute care hospital located in southern California. Results: Two variables were significantly related to ICU discomfort. Specifically, ICU length of stay and anxiety. There was a significant medium positive correlation between ICU length of stay and ICU discomfort (r = .457, p