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- Eriksson, Thomas, et al.
(författare)
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The Nordic Association for Intensive Care Nursing Research (NOFI)
- 2011
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Nordic nursing studies have a strong tradition within the qualitative approach. This approach has been applied to explore the lived experience of critical illness and intensive care therapy from the perspectives of the patient and the patient’s family. In 2003, the Nordic Association for Intensive Care Nursing Research (NOFI) was established by nursing scholars from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The purpose of NOFI was to encourage research in intensive care nursing in the Nordic countries, to establish a network of intensive care nursing scholars, to exchange research experience and research outcomes among the Nordic research communities, and to increase the visibility of research in intensive care nursing in the Nordic countries. Although the focus was on nursing research, an interdisciplinary approach has also been encouraged with joint research and conference activities. NOFI have arranged biannual conferences for members and other individuals interested in the activities of the network. The venue has rotated among the tree Nordic countries, and the themes of the meetings have been: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) environment and acoustics, relatives of ICU-patients, ways of knowing, sedation, ethics, patient diaries, multimodal interventions, research designs, ICU-delirium, psychometrics, burns, and mechanical ventilation. Other activities have been presentations of newly completed PhD-studies in the Nordic countries. Since 2006, nursing scholars from the three Scandinavian countries have collaborated on a study of diaries written for ICU patients (patient diaries). The three countries share common values, culture and language, which has facilitated the exchange of ideas among the Nordic nurses. Intensive care nursing is a young domain of research. We still need to encourage more scholars within this area to increase our knowledge base, improve the ICU-experience and formalize rehabilitation of post-ICU patients. Intensive care is a collaborative practice and future research should reflect the interdisciplinary aspect of the field.
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- Jensen, Hanne Irene, et al.
(författare)
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Conditions and strategies to meet the challenges imposed by the COVID-19-related visiting restrictions in the intensive care unit : A Scandinavian cross-sectional study
- 2021
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Ingår i: Intensive & Critical Care Nursing. - : Churchill Livingstone. - 0964-3397 .- 1532-4036.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives: To examine conditions and strategies to meet the challenges imposed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related visiting restrictions in Scandinavian intensive care units. Research methodology/design: A cross-sectional survey. Setting: Adult intensive care units in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Main outcome measures: Likert scale responses and free-text comments within six areas: capacity and staffing, visiting policies and access to the unit, information and conferences with relatives, written information, children as relatives and follow-up initiatives. Results: The overall response rate was 53% (74/140 participating units). All intensive care units had planned for capacity extensions; the majority ranging between 11 and 30 extra beds. From March–June 2020, units had a mean maximum of 9.4 COVID-19 patients simultaneously. Allowing restricted visiting was more common in Denmark (52%) and Norway (61%) than in Sweden where visiting was mostly denied except for dying patients (68%), due to a particular increased number of COVID-19 patients. The restrictions forced nurses to compromise on their usual standards of family care. Numerous models for maintaining contact between relatives and patients were described. Conclusion: Visitation restrictions compromised the quality of family care and entailed dilemmas for healthcare professionals but also spurred initiatives to developing new ways of providing family care. © 2021 The Authors
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