Thesis (M.H.A.)--University of Michigan, 1957.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1976.

Thesis (M.H.A.)--University of Michigan, 1957.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1976.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1990.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1990.

Thesis (M.H.S.A.)--University of Michigan, 1984.

Thesis (M.H.S.A.)--University of Michigan, 1984.

Bakgrund: Självmord är ett globalt hälsoproblem. Enligt WHO tar årligen 800 000 människor i världen sitt liv och suicidförsöken är långt flera. Syfte: Att beskriva intensivvårdssjuksköterskans upplevelser av att, på intensivvårdsavdelningen, vårda patienter som har utfört ett suicidförsök. Metod: Beskrivande design med kvalitativ ansats användes. Tio intensivvårdssjuksköterskor inkluderades. Datainsamlingen skedde genom semistrukturerade intervjuer och analyserades utifrån kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Fem kategorier framkom; Att möta patienter som utfört suicidförsök är komplext, Att möta närstående till patienter som utfört suicidförsök, Att psykiatrin har betydelse för patienter som utfört suicidförsök, Att vårda patienter som utfört suicidförsök väcker flera olika känslor samt Att uppleva begränsningar och möjligheter vid omvårdnaden av patienter som utfört suicidförsök. Intensivvårdssjuksköterskorna beskrev att det var utmanande att vårda, kommunicera och bemöta patienter som utfört ett suicidförsök. Dessa patienter beskrevs som en återkommande patientgrupp som ofta hade en tidigare kontakt med psykiatrin. Närstående reagerade olika vid suicidförsök och behövde stöd enligt intensivvårdssjuksköterskornas beskrivningar. De upplevde lång väntan på psykiatrikonsulten vilket bidrog till fördröjd planering av patientens fortsatta vård. Intensivvårdssjuksköterskorna beskrev självmord som tragiskt och att det väckte olika känslor hos dem. Intensivvårdssjuksköterskorna beskrev vidare att de upplevde skillnader av suicidförsökets allvarlighetsgrad, utifrån metoden patienten använt, samt att fördomar förekom mot denna patientkategori bland deras kollegor. Intensivvårdssjuksköterskorna upplevde att de saknade kunskap om psykisk ohälsa samt önskade ett bättre samarbete med psykiatrin. Slutsats: Intensivvårdssjuksköterskorna beskrev upplevelsen av komplexiteten att vårda, kommunicera och bemöta denna patientgrupp, då de saknar kunskap samt att samarbetet med psykiatrin kan utvecklas. / Background: Suicide is a global health problem, according to WHO 800 000 people worldwide commit suicide every year and the suicide attempts are far more. Aim: To describe intensive care nurses’ (ICU nurse) experiences of taking care of patients, at an intensive care unit, who has committed a suicide attempt. Method: A descriptive design with a qualitative approach was used. Semi structured interviews with ten ICU nurses were conducted and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Five categories were found; To meet patients who has committed a suicide attempt is complicated, To meet relatives of patients who has committed a suicide attempt, To patients who has committed a suicide attempt, psychiatry has meaning, To care for patients who has committed a suicide attempt brings up a lot of emotions, and To experience limitations and possibilities when taking care of patients who has committed a suicide attempt. ICU nurses described the complexity of nursing, communicating and treating patients who have committed a suicide attempt. These patients were described as a recurrent group, who often had an earlier experience of psychiatric care. They described a variety of reactions from relatives and the relatives need for support. ICU nurses experienced a long wait for the psychiatric consultation which contributed to slowing down the planning of the patients’ continued care. ICU nurses referred to suicide as tragic and that it brings up a lot of emotions among them. They also described that they experienced differences in severity of the suicide attempt depending on the use of suicide method and that prejudices existed among colleagues. ICU nurses described they lacked knowledge about mental illness and wished for better cooperation with psychiatric care. Conclusion: ICU nurses described the complexity of nursing, communicating and treating this group of patients due to lack of knowledge and that cooperation with psychiatric care could be improved.

Using grounded theory methodology, six intensive care patients were interviewed regarding their perceptions of their own needs, concerns and wants and how nurses responded to those. Each patient was interviewed three times to detect any change in responses during the hospitalization. A theme of patient-nurse negotiation emerged. Patients came into the health care setting with a "generative source," the issues and beliefs they had regarding health-care and nurses in general. This affected patients' definition of themselves, their situation, the caregiver, their relationship with the caregiver, and their own needs and expectations. When a patient's definitions of self or situation varied form the nurse's, negotiation would occur. Two main categories of negotiation were used by both patient and nurse: Personal knowledge & Strategies. If negotiation failed to bring consensus, resulting actions were negative feelings and dissatisfaction, and a sense of vulnerability for the patient. This in turn impacted negatively on the patient's generative source and definitions. As the patient progressed through the hospital system toward discharge, the greatest changes were noted in how they defined themselves and the caregiver, and in the style of negotiation they used.