Critical care nurses’ lived experiences of interhospital intensive care unit-to-unit transfers: A phenomenological hermeneutical study
(2020) In Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 61.- Abstract
- Objective
To explore critical care nurses’ lived experiences of transferring intensive care patients between hospitals.
Methods
A phenomenological hermeneutic approach using data generated through individual interviews with 11 critical care registered nurses.
Setting
Two general intensive care units in Sweden.
Findings
Five themes were identified: it depends on me; your care makes a difference; being exposed; depending on interprofessional relationships; and sensing professional growth. These themes were synthesised into a comprehensive understanding showing how transferring intensive care patients between hospitals meant being on an ambivalent journey together with the patient but also on a journey within... (More) - Objective
To explore critical care nurses’ lived experiences of transferring intensive care patients between hospitals.
Methods
A phenomenological hermeneutic approach using data generated through individual interviews with 11 critical care registered nurses.
Setting
Two general intensive care units in Sweden.
Findings
Five themes were identified: it depends on me; your care makes a difference; being exposed; depending on interprofessional relationships; and sensing professional growth. These themes were synthesised into a comprehensive understanding showing how transferring intensive care patients between hospitals meant being on an ambivalent journey together with the patient but also on a journey within yourself in your own development and growth, where you, as a nurse, constantly are torn between contradictory feelings and experiences.
Conclusion
Interhospital intensive care unit-to-unit transfers can be a challenging task for critical care nurses but also an important opportunity for professional growth. During the transfer, nurses become responsible for the patient, their colleagues and the entire transfer process. In a time of an increasing number of interhospital intensive care unit-to-unit transfers, this study illuminates the risk for missed nursing care, showing that the critical care nurse has an important role in protecting the patient from harm and safeguarding dignified care. (Less)
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- Karlsson, Jonas ; Eriksson, Thomas ; Lindahl, Berit LU ; Schildmeijer, Kristina and Fridh, Isabell
- publishing date
- 2020-08-25
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Critical care Critical care nursing Transfer Patient transfer Caring Phenomenological research Hermeneutics Qualitative research, Qualitative studies
- in
- Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
- volume
- 61
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- pmid:32859478
- scopus:85089860422
- ISSN
- 1532-4036
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.iccn.2020.102923
- language
- English
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- a52c891f-7cf9-4a1c-a172-38ec7ce9ab90
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