title: It happened to an ICU nurse : an experience on the receiving end of intensive care.
abstract: After working in intensive care for thirteen years, I believed I understood some of the experiences of our patients and their families. However, my own experience on the receiving end of intensive care has demonstrated how little I knew and has changed not only my own views and perceptions, but has stimulated changes to practice in one icu.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Hope Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford, Manchester, M6 8HD, UK.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bowers
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D006113:United Kingdom