“What happens behind the curtains?” An exploration of ICU nurses’ experiences of post mortem care on patients who have died in intensive care

The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of intensive care nurses performing post mortem care on patients who had died in an intensive care unit at a private hospital in Cape Town. The study further sets out to identify educational needs and to offer recommendations that may address these needs for this sample of nurses.

Source: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing - June 5, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Carien de Swardt, Nicola Fouch é Tags: Clinical research article Source Type: research