Uncertainty experienced by the critical patient upon discharge to the general ward: Care proposals from the perspective of Mishel's theory.

Background: The process of discharging the critical patient to the ward (discharge from critical care to the general ward-DCCW) is often described as an experience involving uncertainty which may affect the patient's quality of life and ability to cope. Coping with uncertainty is an individual response not related to the course of the illness that is dependent on external and internal resources and the ability to utilize them. Mishel's theory of uncertainty identifies aspects of care that can shape the experience of uncertainty associated with the illness.

[Perception of UCI nurses in relation with satisfactory care: convergences and divergences with the perception of critical patients].

Objective: Explore convergences and divergences between perception of nurses and of critically ill patients, in relation to the satisfactory care given and received.

Methods: It is part of a larger qualitative study, according to the Grounded Theory. Carried out in 3 intensive care units with 34 boxes.

Development of an instrument to measure the degree of critical patient's satisfaction with nursing care: research protocol.

Aim: To investigate and understand patient's satisfaction with nursing care in the intensive care unit to identify the dimensions of the concept of 'satisfaction' from the patient's point of view. To design and validate a questionnaire that measures satisfaction levels in critical patients.

Background: There are many instruments capable of measuring satisfaction with nursing care; however, they do not address the reality for critical patients nor are they applicable in our context.

[Perception of the critical patient on nursing cares: an approach to the concept of satisfaction].

Introduction: Level of satisfaction is a key indicator of quality of care. There are many tools that measure satisfaction with nursing care, however they do not respond to the reality of the critical care patient or to our context.

Objectives: To define and to identify the dimensions of the satisfaction of patients admitted to the intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital with nursing cares and to define and identify the dimensions of the concept of satisfaction from their point of view.