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Reclaiming The Everyday World: How Long-Term Ventilated Patients In Critical Care Seek To Gain Aspects Of Power And Control Over Their Environment, Patricia Johnson
Reclaiming The Everyday World: How Long-Term Ventilated Patients In Critical Care Seek To Gain Aspects Of Power And Control Over Their Environment, Patricia Johnson
Patricia Johnson
Critical care nurses are increasingly seeking to base patient care on evidence derived from research studies. The purpose of this study was to explore the meanings former patients attributed to being on long-term mechanical ventilation in a critical care unit (CCU) in Australia. Using Heideggerian phenomenology, unstructured interviews were undertaken with nine participants. Data were analysed thematically using the method developed by van Manen. Thematic analysis revealed four major themes. This article presents the findings from the theme titled: Reclaiming the everyday world, which describes how the study participants gained comfort from the presence of nurses and their families, sought …