Psychiatric consultation with MICU nurses: the consultation conference as a working group.
A group of MICU nurses responded to a series of acute and chronic clinical and administrative stresses by establishing a consultation conference with a psychoanalyst. The evolution of the consultation conference into an ongoing working group is described. Its value as a modality to help deal with the special stresses of MICU nursing personnel is discussed. The problems of introducing a research focus into the conference are examined.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D011570:Psychiatry; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013315:Stress, Psychological