Autori: Sibel Kiper
Ustanova zaposlenja: TURKEY
Ključne riječi: Life Story, Nurse-Patient Relation, Mechanical Ventilator, Qualitative Research, Sample Case Study, Intensive Care Experience
Kongres/Simpozij: ”5. Međunarodni kongres HDMSARIST-a” i ”8. Međunarodni kongres WFCCN-a”
Mjesto i vrijeme održavanja: Šibenik, 12.-15. travnja 2012. godine
Introduction
and Aim: This research was related to what a nurse who was dependent on
mechanical ventilation for 23 days due to a traffic accident experienced as an
intensive care patient and to how this experience changed her professional
understanding and her life. The aim of the research was to present a new point
of view for intensive care treatments.
Tool and Method: While there was not any hope for the nurse’s life, the changes
in her feelings and opinions about patient-nurse relation following the
intensive care treatment given and the effect of these changes upon her
behaviors were presented using qualitative method. Life story technique was
used in this sample case study and three in depth interviews were performed at
different times.
Findings: Our case came to the hospital with the symptoms of pneumothorax,
hemothorax, rupture of the spleen, left mediastinal shift, rib fracture,
clavicle fracture, left shoulder fracture and dislocation, two fractures on the
right harm (radius, ulna), one fracture on the left harm (ulna) and flail chest
and survived after long struggles despite no hopes for her. She was
resuscitated three times during her stay at the intensive care unit. Our case
suffered not only from physical pains but also from the negative psychological
effects coming from the people around. She underwent severe physical pains due
to shaking of urinary catheter, poor feeding with nasogastric catheter and
carelessness during aspiration and hair-washing and experienced deep
psychological pains due to the negative talks of the health care team members
about herself because they considered her as if she had been a non living
object.
Results and Recommendations: All these painful experiences made her change her
opinions about the care given to the patients. It may be recommended that
health care team members should behave more carefully while giving care to the
patients at the intensive care unit, should provide the necessary explanations
about the medical procedures beforehand, should select the sentences more carefully
and should show kindness.