Assessing the coping status of spouses of critically ill cardiac patients: a theoretically based approach.
Acute cardiovascular disease is an emotionally traumatic event for the patient and family alike. As nurses are concerned with optimizing the health and well-being of patients and families, the nurse's role in assessing coping responses of the spouses is critical for the formulation of appropriate nursing diagnoses and the development of effective interventions. This article describes the spousal coping instrument, which is based on a conceptual model of nursing and is designed to comprehensively assess the coping responses, factors that influence coping, and outcomes of spouses whose partners have suffered an acute cardiac event.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results