A qualitative study of nurses' perception on patients' thirst in intensive care units

作者全名："Li, Shijie; Mi, Jie; Tang, Yongchuan"

作者地址："[Li, Shijie; Mi, Jie] Chongqing Med Univ, Dept Crit Care Med, Affiliated Hosp 1, Chongqing 400016, Peoples R China; [Li, Shijie] Army Med Univ, Sch Nursing, Chongqing 400038, Peoples R China; [Tang, Yongchuan] Chongqing Univ, Sch Big Data & Software Engn, Chongqing 401331, Peoples R China"

通信作者："Mi, J (通讯作者)，Chongqing Med Univ, Dept Crit Care Med, Affiliated Hosp 1, Chongqing 400016, Peoples R China.; Tang, YC (通讯作者)，Chongqing Univ, Sch Big Data & Software Engn, Chongqing 401331, Peoples R China."

来源：INTENSIVE AND CRITICAL CARE NURSING

ESI学科分类：CLINICAL MEDICINE

WOS号：WOS:000761228800014

JCR分区：Q1

影响因子：5.3

年份：2022

卷号：69

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文献类型：Article

关键词：Thirst; Nurse; Patient; Nursing; Perception; Intensive Care Unit

摘要："Background: Thirst is a prevalent and intense symptom among patients in intensive care units. Occurrence of thirst in the intensive care unit cannot be avoided because of the nature of critical illnesses and their treatments like the side effects of administered medication or dehydration. In the intensive care unit, nurses have the opportunity and responsibility to prevent and reduce thirst by recognizing the different types of thirst. Thus, knowing nurses' perception on patients' thirst is crucial. Objectives: Exploration of intensive care nurses' perception on patients' thirst. Research design: A qualitative descriptive study. Methods: Data were collected from December 2020 to January 2021 and analyzed by using a phenomenographic methodology. Data were transcribed verbatim and thematic analysis was performed. Results: Sixteen nurses, in Chongqing, China, aged 25-48 years, were interviewed. Four themes emerged: (1) perceived barriers for thirst; (2) perceived signs of thirst; (3) perceived reasons of thirst; (4) perceived consequences for thirst. Overall nurses' perception of patients' thirst is poor. Nurses give a low priority and insufficient attention to the issue of thirst in intensive care patients. Conclusion: Intensive care nurses' perception on thirst in patients should be evaluated and, if necessary, this issue should be given more attention in training in order to create sufficient awareness about the topic."

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