Publications by authors named "Keh Kiong Ong"

Aim: To explore critical care nurses' perceptions of bereavement nursing care in critical care settings at a tertiary hospital in Singapore.

Background: Grief and bereavement are stressful life experiences associated with significant health problems. Critical care nurses play important roles in supporting bereaved family members, and their self-competence affects the quality of the care they deliver.

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Background: There is an urgency to retain nurses globally. Evidence has shown that nurse residency programs promote retention of new graduate nurses. However, there is a dearth of studies examining the impact of nurse residency programs longitudinally.

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Background: Sleep is an essential basic need. However, patients in critical care often experience poor and fragmented sleep. As such, there is a need to examine strategies to promote sleep in critical care patients.

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Objective: Providing end-of-life care has a significant psychological impact on critical care nurses. Little is known about whether critical care nurses find death rounds useful as a support system. This study aimed to describe critical care nurses' perceptions of attending death rounds.

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Aims And Objectives: To understand the perceptions of critical care nurses towards providing end-of-life care.

Background: There has been an increasing interest in end-of-life care in the critical care setting. In Singapore, approximately half of deaths in the hospital occur during critical care.

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