Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN
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Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Jul 2021
Use of Intensive Care Unit Diary as an Integrated Tool in an Italian General Intensive Care Unit: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study.
The aim of this study was to investigate the implementation of an intensive care unit (ICU) diary in an Italian general ICU. ⋯ To our knowledge, this is the first Italian report about the introduction of an ICU diary. The diaries were easily implemented in our clinical practice as a "low-cost" initiative. In our study, nurses and participants' relatives and friends wrote a similar number of entries in each analyzed diary. This project could be effective in reducing survivors' delirium and post-traumatic stress disorder and in implementing mutual understanding between clinical staff and relatives during ICU stay.