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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
卷 52, 期 8, 页码 1323-1331出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.04.013
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Cognitive impairment; Carer; Emergency Department; Family; Older person; Pain management
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- Emergency Care Institute of New South Wales
- Agency for Clinical Innovation
- Emergency Care Institute
- Agency for Clinical Innovation of New South Wales [ACI/D12/1275]
Background: On arrival to the emergency department many older persons are accompanied by family/carers. Yet the role of family/carers in the emergency department is unclear. We know very little about how emergency department nurses balance care practices to accommodate family/carers while specifically meeting the needs of cognitively impaired older persons experiencing pain. Objectives: The aim of this paper was to understand emergency nurses' perceptions of the role of family/carers in caring for the older cognitively impaired person experiencing pain. Design: Emergency nurses were invited to participate in focus group interviews. A semistructured interview tool was developed from the literature and comprised open-ended questions and three Likert scale items which assisted to focus nurses' thoughts on their perceived role of family/carers in the emergency department. Settings: The study was undertaken across four emergency departments in Sydney, Australia and included two district hospitals and two tertiary referral hospitals. Participants: Emergency nurses were invited to participate in one face to face, focus group interview. Purposive sampling was used and inclusion criteria included at least one year emergency department experience. Methods: Interview data were analysed and organised thematically. Two expert qualitative researchers independently reviewed transcripts and emerging coding and interpretation. Results: Eighty nurses participated in 16 focus group interviews across four hospitals. Participating nurses included 67 (84%) females and 13 (16%) males with 8.6 years (mean; SD +/- 8.64) experience in the emergency department. Three key themes relating to family/carers emerged from the analysis. The themes included (i) the role of families and carers in building a clinical picture; (ii) family and carers as a hidden workforce; and (iii) family and carer roles in pain management decision making. Conclusions: The study has provided insight into the role of family/carers as perceived by emergency nurses. There were many benefits in partnering with family/carers when information gathering on the older cognitively impaired person in pain. Family/carers are sensitive to health behaviour changes of older cognitively impaired people, which can assist nurses to optimise pain management. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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