A personal reflection: the intimacy of dying: an act of presence.
The focus of critical care education is usually on the development of knowledge and skills needed to manage care for the critically ill patient. In today's intensive care units, what is also needed is the education and development of the skills that enable nurses the ability to enter into a relationship with the patients and families that touch the spirit, and provide another dimension to healing.
Faas
April I
AI
Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Saint Mary's Medical Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. aifaas@chorus.net
D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D029181:Spirituality; D013795:Thanatology