title: Promoting ventilator independence: a grounded theory perspective.
abstract: This qualitative study describes a distinctive nursing perspective on the process of ventilator weaning that is not well documented in current literature. The investigators used interviews with expert critical care nurses to reveal the knowledge, judgments, and actions used by nurses to promote ventilator independence. The authors identify a nursing diagnosis and three themes that offer a theoretical framework for ventilator weaning and suggest nursing interventions that promote successful ventilator weaning.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jenny
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Logan
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015300:Ventilator Weaning / Q000451:nursing*