Heart & lung : the journal of critical care
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Comparative Study
A comparison of patients' communication-related responses during intubation and after extubation.
The purpose of this exploratory pilot study was to examine patients' communication-related responses during intubation and after extubation, and to determine whether differences in patients' report of responses at these two points in time, if present, were associated with demographic and situational variables. ⋯ Results provide direction for larger longitudinal prospective and retrospective studies with larger samples that examine patients' recall of their responses during intubation, especially related to communication.
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To describe the grief experience of pediatric intensive care nurses when their patients die. ⋯ These results demonstrate that pediatric intensive care nurses' grief is different from that of surviving family member grief. Further research is required to document in further depth the experiential learning process to coping with multiple, accumulated losses for these professional caregivers. The findings of this study also could encourage further research that examines interventions designed to enhance the type of education and support needed in relation to the grief experience of nurses.