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Intensive care nurses' experiences of caring for brain dead organ donor patients
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-17, 02:50 authored by Pearson, A, Robertson-Malt, S, Kenneth Walsh, Fitzgerald, MA- This study was designed to identify the feelings and experiences of critical care nurses who have been involved in nursing brain dead patients prior to organ donation.
- The purpose of the study was to generate knowledge which informs the discipline of nursing.
- A number of themes relating to nurses' experiences of caring for brain dead organ donor patients were uncovered in this interpretative study.
- Overall, caring for patients who are diagnosed as brain dead is a challenging experience for nurses and they are intensely involved in a search for meaning in each event.
- The interpretative analysis in this study has revealed a range of meanings articulated by the nurses involved. However, the primary focus of care — as by the participating nurses — was the donor family.
History
Publication title
Journal of Clinical NursingVolume
10Pagination
132-139ISSN
0962-1067Department/School
School of NursingPublisher
Blackwell Publishing LtdPlace of publication
9600 Garsington Rd, Oxford, England, Oxon, Ox4 2DgRepository Status
- Restricted
