Abstract

While many studies have examined the need for nursing interventions and others have tested specific formal family interventions, few have investigated the practical or everyday family interventions of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses. The purpose of this interpretive study was to articulate the everyday activities and interventions that nurses commonly employed with families around patients' bedsides. Primary data sources included repeated interviews with six families of critically ill patients, multiple nurse-family observations, and repeated small group interviews with 24 ICU nurses.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9806902; ProQuest document ID: 304328888. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Daphne E. Stannard, PhD, RN, CNS, NPD-BC, FCCM

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Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Phenomenology

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Nurse-Family Relationships, Family Care Interventions, Intensive Care Unit Nurses, Patient Care

Advisor

Patricia Benner

Second Advisor

Catherine Chesla

Third Advisor

Kathleen Puntillo

Fourth Advisor

Catherine Gilliss

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of California, San Francisco

Degree Year

1997

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2022-01-11

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