Intensive care nursing
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Intensive care nursing · Mar 1990
Educational aspects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training.
The knowledge and skills surrounding the practice of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) have become essential to intensive care nurses and to nurses in general. With formalized training and refresher courses becoming more common in this country, it is evident that after relatively short periods of time the knowledge and skills acquired at such courses may be lost. ⋯ This paper explores some of these issues from the perspective of adult learning (andragogy). Research is cited from a wide range of sources to illustrate that CPR skill and knowledge deterioration is not unique to nursing, and that educational techniques exist which may improve current educational practices.
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Intensive care nursing · Mar 1990
A description of stressors and coping strategies among parents of critically ill children--a preliminary study.
The purpose of this preliminary study was to describe (1) perceived stressors and (2) coping strategies among parents of critically ill children. Stress and coping within this population has been subjected to little research. The research that has been reported is predominantly quantitative. ⋯ The findings of this study have highlighted deficiencies within the existing literature on stress and coping within this population. There is a need for further qualitative research in this area. This will foster the development of a better understanding of the experience of parents for caregivers and provide a foundation for further research.
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Intensive care nursing · Sep 1989
ReviewParents of critically ill children have their needs too! A literature review.
Children are very special people in the lives of their parents. Much of the life of the parents is concerned with meeting the needs of the children, giving them nurturance, love, protection and support. A child's parents will be the dominant factor in providing that environment in which the child develops and comes to understand his/her self, role in the family unit and relationship with the world at large. ⋯ This unique influence and understanding implicit in the parental role has important implications for health care workers, for in their care of hospitalised children the involvement and co-operation of the parents is essential if adverse reactions to hospitalisation are to be minimised. However the parents will only be able to assist the health care team to meet the needs of the child if their own needs are also acknowledged and satisfied. With this in mind this review of the literature will focus upon the needs of parents whose children have been admitted into a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)