Abstract
M.Cur. (Intensive General Nursing Science)
"Patient experiences in a critical
contextual, qualitative research
phenomenological method to obtain and
objectives of the study are:
care unit" is a
study using the
analyse data. The
- to establish and describe how myocardial
infarction patients experience the critical care
unit (CeU) environment, and
- to propose guidelines for optimal nursing care.
The Nursing for the Whole Person Theory forms the
paradigmatic framework of the study. The central
proposition states that the myocardial infarction
patient's experience of the CCU as his external
environment, will have direct impact upon his quest for
health.
Five participants were interviewed. The interviews were
coded by the researcher and an independent nursing
specialist, using the Kerlinger method of content
analysis. The findings were compared to relevant
available literature.
Data obtained revealed that certain aspects of the CCU
environment generate anxiety and therefore impede the
quest for health in myocardial infarction patients!
Guidelines for optimal nursing care of myocardial
infarction patients were proposed.