title: Caring for families in A&E departments: Scottish and Icelandic nurses' opinions and experiences.
abstract: Results from two studies are represented here. The aims of the studies were to survey Accident and Emergency (A&E) nurses' opinions and experiences of caring for families when the patient's condition is critical and suddenly bereaved families. The participants were 111 A&E nurses in Scotland and Iceland. A descriptive study design was used for the purpose of the studies. Data were collected by a questionnaire. The participants perceived themselves to have responsibility for patients' families. The main implications from these studies were that caring for families was not a specially defined factor in these A&E departments and education in caring for families was missing.
authors.affiliation: University of Akureyri, Research Institute, Solborg 600 Akureyri, Iceland. emh@unak.is
authors.forename: Elin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hallgrimsdottir
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001601:Bereavement; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003422:Critical Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004522:Educational Status; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015399:Nursing Research; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000451:nursing; D012606:Scotland; D012938:Social Perception