Exploring critically ill patients' and their relatives' experiences of intensive care unit during COVID-19: A qualitative study.

Lene Lehmkuhl Maja Stensdal Munck Mette Juel Rothmann Anne Dichmann Sorknaes

Published in: Nursing in critical care (2024)

Maintaining communication between health professionals, relatives and patients, and usage of virtual visits during intensive care unit stay can support the family relationship. Nurse therapeutic conversations might help families' in redefining their family dynamics after ICU admission.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
mechanical ventilation
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
emergency department
primary care
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
virtual reality