The Nursing clinics of North America
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Nurs. Clin. North Am. · Mar 1968
Psychological hazards of the intensive care unit. Nursing care aspects.
The intensive care unit provides a variety of psychiatric complications. Their physiologic concomitants can endanger life. The special environment of these units can be quite stressful to patients and staff. ⋯ Nurses must learn to reduce the anxiety produced by frequent emergencies and deaths. The nursing staffs in these units have special problems produced by the unique responsibilities they must assume there. The charge nurse and medical staff must make special provision to reduce tension and maintain morale.