Factors Influencing Decisions to Withdraw or Continue Life Support and Attitudes towards Treatment of the Critically Ill: A Survey of Registered Nurses in Intensive Care Units:

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare

Clara Chia ChiaTai¹ 

关键词: attitude;    critical care;    life support;    survey;    withdraw;   

DOI  :  10.1177/201010581102000307

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Introduction:To examine the major determinants influencing the decision to withdraw or continue life support and the attitudes of registered nurses towards the treatments for the critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs).Methods:A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to a convenience sample of registered nurses working in 4 ICUs of a large teaching hospital in Singapore. The questionnaire consisted of 3 sections. The first section gathered details about the respondent's demographics; the second section required respondents to rate the importance of 18 different factors influencing the decision to withdraw or continue life support (1 = least important, 5 = most important) while the third section elicited responses about management strategy to 2 clinical scenarios from a possible pool of 6 different scenarios.Results:Eighty-three nurses responded (response rate: 70%). Patient advance directives (μ =3.63), likelihood of surviving current episode (μ = 3.52) and premorbid cognitive func...

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