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"Never in my mind to give up!" A qualitative study of long-term intensive care patients' inner strength and willpower-Promoting and challenging aspects.

Ingeborg AlexandersenBerit StjernRegina EideHege Selnes HaugdahlTove Engan PaulsbyStine Borgen LundGørill Haugan
Published in: Journal of clinical nursing (2019)
Insights into the variety of long-term ICU patients' experiences during the recovery trajectory are important for ICU nurses to support and facilitate ICU patients' inner strength and willpower.
Keyphrases
  • end stage renal disease
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • chronic kidney disease
  • intensive care unit
  • prognostic factors
  • healthcare
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • acute respiratory distress syndrome