A systematic review to explore the experiences of critical care nurses

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would first like to express my gratitude for my research coordinator, colleagues, and peers and family whose immense and constant support has been a source of continuous guidance and inspiration.

DECLARATION

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ABSTRACT

Objective: The dissertation pertains to cover the accounts of nursing for critical care units and end-of-life instances.

Design: Systematic Review

Setting: Comprehension of experiences of nurses that are working in intensive care units (ICU) and critical care units (CCU), with patients that are going through end-of-life (EOL) circumstances.

Patients: People who fall in different age brackets were being discussed and undertaken who were going through a transition.

Results: A sample of 8 studies were being used for the purpose and objective of understanding and comprehending the accounts of critical care nurses, their perceptions and thought processes that they went through while taking care of patients in ICU's and CCU's.

Conclusions: Usually whenever nurses and assistants that reside and work in the critical care units, the employees working generally are unable to cope up with such instances, due to being close with the patients or have never experienced a situation like that before. In order to understand the implication of nursing and the reputation the profession holds with reference to the UK, we shall be discussing the role of nursing in a holistic context. The main accounts of consideration that shall be included in the paper cover the accounts of nursing, the most prominent aspects that the subject covers, such as pain management, elderly care, providing substantial facilities and services that shall help improve the disease and ailments of individuals accordingly.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION1

Background of the Research1

Aims and Objectives of the Study2

Search rationale2

Structure of the Dissertation3

Layout of the Study3

Systematic Review4

Steps undertaken for developing a systematic review4

CHAPTER 02: METHODS6

Outline of the Paper6

Methodology6

Background and Rationale6

Literature Sources7

CHAPTER 03: LITERATURE REVIEW8

Literature Review8

Hypothesis Analysis25

Operational Definitions43

Sample Design45

Qualitative Research Analysis46

Data Extraction Strategy48

Qualitative Data Analysis48

Literature Search49

Validity50

Results51

Synthesis and Summary of Results52

Themes52

CHAPTER 04: DISCUSSION54

CHAPTER 05: REFLECTIONS59

Guideline Implementation Studies59

Guideline Implementation Studies in Critical Care Nutrition61

CHAPTER 06: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS77

REFERENCES79

APPENDIX84

CHAPTER 01: INTRODUCTION

Nursing is one of the most important departments in a medical institutions and a health care organization. It plays a significant role in rendering health improvement and betterment services for the patients. These days, the profession of nursing has improved a great deal due to the introduction of modern technology and advanced services. Latest equipments and new medicines have provided cure and care services for the extremely ill people as well.

Background of the Research

The research study at hand presents a detailed review of the exploration regarding the experiences of critical care nursing in context of rendering services to the patients at the final stage of their ...