"Omvårdnadsansvarig sjuksköterska" - en studie vid intensivvårdsavdelningar i Sverige
Engelsk titel: Primary nursing - a study on intensive care units in Sweden
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Författare:
Bjälke S
;
Arman M
Email: s.bjalke@telia.com
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 15
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 07023796
Sammanfattning
In intensive care units, there are
numbers of patients with very
complex care problems. Several
studies have shown a significant
benefit in having a primary nurse
(PN).
The aim of this study was to identify
ICUs in Sweden employing
any type of PN and to study the
associated benefits, as described
by nurses with that kind of experience.
A questionnaire was designed
to identify which units worked
with PN and then interview
ten nurses from those units. The
questionnaire was sent to 79
ICUs, of which 65 answered. Of
these, 23 had PNs, 22 stated that
they operated some other form of
nursing model and 20 stated that
they did not operate primary nursing.
Much data was collected through
the open answers in the questionnaires
and from the interviews.
The main category was «patient
safety» with 12 lower categories.
It was shown that by having PNs
in ICU, their care can reduce
patient suffering and improve
patient quality of life. According
to the nurses, other benefits were
that it was easier to raise difficult
ethical questions and that the
safety of the patients improved.