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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Nursing
Notes
- Abstract:
- Critical care nurses, who work in intensive care units, assess and provide interventions to seriously ill patients daily. Due to the uncertainty of outcome during critical illness, patients and their families are involuntarily placed in situations that require end-of-life decision-making. Often critical care nurses are asked by patients and their families to assist in the decision-making process. At present, the literature is scarce concerning how nurses’ beliefs, attitudes and values may impact on patients and their families’ processes in making end-of-life decisions. The purpose of this exploratory study will be to describe critical care nurses’ perspectives on how they assist patients and their families in making end-of-life decisions in intensive care units. Utilizing exploratory/descriptive theory as the framework, nurses will be interviewed in a hospital in a suburban area of the Midwestern United States. Open-ended questions will explore their beliefs, attitudes and values concerning assisting patients and their families in making end-of-life decisions. Exploratory analysis will be used to identify themes of attitudes and behaviors nurses describe in aiding patients and their families in the decision-making process. The findings of this study may provide a beginning understanding of the nurse’s role in assisting patients and their families with end-of-life decision-making.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Barry University, 2006.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-122).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Stacie Joanne Elder. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- RT42.G87 2006_ElderStacie ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- RT42.G87 2006 ( lcc )
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