Supporting families of patients who die in adult intensive care: A scoping review of interventions

A Coventry, M Gerdtz, E McInnes, J Dickson… - Intensive and Critical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Families who perceive themselves as prepared for an impending death
experience reduced psychological burden during bereavement. Understanding which …

Perspectives of family‐centred care at the end of life during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study

MJ Bloomer, E Yuen, R Williams… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To explore nurses' and family members' perspectives of family care at the end of life,
during restricted visitation associated with the COVID‐19 pandemic. Background To …

Subjective rather than objective patient death experiences link with physicians' and nurses' professional quality of life

C Chen, J Chen - BMC nursing, 2024 - Springer
Background Patient deaths are impactful events for professional caregivers in both their
professional and personal lives. The present study aims to explore how both subjective and …

Nurses' Caring Experiences for Dying Patients: A Meta-Synthesis Review

M Rahnama, A Abdollahimohammad… - OMEGA-Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Nurses play an important role in caring for dying patients. The ability to face a dying patient
is a vital necessity and skill for nurses. Nurses' experiences in dealing with dying patients …

The current status of bereavement care in Chinese emergency departments: A multicenter cross-sectional study

Y Peng, H Wu, J Tao, Y Wang… - OMEGA-Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Understanding the current status and challenges of bereavement care will help facilitate the
development of bereavement care in the emergency department. However, little is known …

The Coping Strategies and Cumulative Changes in Intensive Care Unit Nurses after Experiencing Professional Grief: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

Z Zhang, M Gao, Z Fang, X Chen… - Journal of Nursing …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Compared to nurses in other hospital departments, intensive care unit (ICU)
nurses have more frequent exposure to patient deaths, potentially rendering them more …

Family members' experiences of bereavement in the emergency department: A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies

Y Peng, H Wu, M Zhang, P Huang - Death Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The emergency department (ED) is one of the places where patient deaths frequently occur.
Understanding family members' experiences of bereavement would help provide …

Medically assisted dying in critical care: An international groundswell that we shouldn't ignore

MJ Bloomer, J Hewitt, A Bonner - Intensive & critical care …, 2023 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Medically assisted dying in critical care: An international groundswell that we shouldn't ignore
Medically assisted dying in critical care: An international groundswell that we shouldn't ignore …

The role of critical care nurses in organ and tissue donation: A position statement of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses

MJ Bloomer, LA Brooks, A Coventry, K Ranse… - Australian Critical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Australian organ and tissue donation rates are low compared to other countries.
Acknowledging that donation practices vary across Australia, the Australian College of …

End-of-life care in critical care is about more than just education-Letter on Benbenishty et al

MJ Bloomer, A Coventry - Intensive & critical care nursing, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
End-of-life care in critical care is about more than just education - Letter on Benbenishty et al
End-of-life care in critical care is about more than just education - Letter on Benbenishty et al …