Nurses' Attitudes, Practices, and Barriers to Assessing Symptoms of Discomfort in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

• Main Authors: Tomohiko Takahashi (Author), Yusuke Oyama (Author), Hideaki Sakuramoto (Author), Mitsuhiro Tamoto (Author), Tomoo Sato (Author), Yuko Nanjo (Author), Sayaka Hosoi (Author), Takeshi Unoki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Critically ill patients experience various stressful symptoms of discomfort, including dyspnea, pain, and sleep disruption. Notably, ventilated patients have difficulty self-reporting discomfort symptoms. Nurses need to assess discomfort symptoms to alleviate them, but limited research...