Journal of clinical nursing
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To examine the relationship between observed delirium in ICU and patients' recall of factual events up to two years after discharge. ⋯ This study highlights the need for continued patient information, re-assurance and optimized comfort. While health care professionals cannot remove the stressors of the ICU treatments, we must minimize the impact of the stay. It must be remembered that most patients are aware of their surroundings while they are in the ICU and it should, therefore, be part of ICU education to include issues regarding all aspects of patient care in this particularly vulnerable subset of patients to optimize their feelings of security, comfort and self-respect.
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This study aimed to examine the effect of an educational intervention on discharge advice given to parents leaving the emergency department with a febrile child. ⋯ Parents and health care professionals alike need to better understand the physiological benefits of fever and the potential harmful effects of aggressive and often unwarranted treatment of fever.
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To explore the smoking-related health beliefs of older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). ⋯ Findings emphasize the need for frontline health professionals to reflect on their current practice with a view to providing sustained encouragement and support towards smoking cessation and relapse prevention for people with COPD.
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The aim was to describe critical care nurses' experiences of close relatives within intensive care. ⋯ This study indicates that close relatives are a prerequisite for critical care nurses to give good nursing care to meet the needs of the critically ill person. A communication based on mutual understanding is necessary if critical care nurses are to be able to support close relatives. Dealing constantly with situations that were ethically difficult without any chance to reflect was an obstacle for critical care nurses to improve their work with close relatives.
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand and interpret the 'family experience' with an adult member hospitalized with a critical illness. ⋯ Nurses have profound power to help families bear this experience. Family caring is enhanced with the presence of nurses who recognize the importance of 'Being Family' for the family, acknowledge the significance of the nurse-family relationship and act on a commitment to be with and for the family.