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Intensive care nurses' experiences of caring for brain dead organ donor patients
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Pearson, A and Robertson-Malt, S and Walsh, K and Fitzgerald, MA, Intensive care nurses' experiences of caring for brain dead organ donor patients, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10, (1) pp. 132-139. ISSN 0962-1067 (2001) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1046/j.1365-2702.2001.00447.x
Abstract
- This study was designed to identify the feelings and experiences of critical care nurses who have been involved in nursing brain dead patients prior to organ donation.
- The purpose of the study was to generate knowledge which informs the discipline of nursing.
- A number of themes relating to nurses' experiences of caring for brain dead organ donor patients were uncovered in this interpretative study.
- Overall, caring for patients who are diagnosed as brain dead is a challenging experience for nurses and they are intensely involved in a search for meaning in each event.
- The interpretative analysis in this study has revealed a range of meanings articulated by the nurses involved. However, the primary focus of care — as by the participating nurses — was the donor family.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | brain dead patients, donor families, intensive care nurses, organ donation |
| Research Division: | Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Nursing |
| Research Field: | Acute care |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Provision of health and support services |
| Objective Field: | Nursing |
| UTAS Author: | Walsh, K (Professor Kenneth Walsh) |
| UTAS Author: | Fitzgerald, MA (Professor Mary Fitzgerald) |
| ID Code: | 64177 |
| Year Published: | 2001 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 34 |
| Deposited By: | Nurse Education Unit |
| Deposited On: | 2010-07-02 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-10-13 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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