Pediatrics & Therapeutics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 1478 350008
Manmeet Kaur
Chitkara University, India
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Pediatr Ther
Ventilator dependent patients particularly those who require long term ventilation for seven days or more, present one of the most complex and challenging aspect of critical care practice. Patients on mechanical ventilation experience anxiety, helplessness, frustration, episodes of panic related to activity restriction, bizarre nightmares and hallucinations and were oft en subject to discomfort and pain from medical technology used to treat their illness and various nursing procedures. Th e main objective of the researcher was to explore the experiences of the patients in intensive care while receiving mechanical ventilation. A phenomenological research study was performed in Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Unstructured interviewing with audiotaping of 10 patients who were weaned off (post 7th day) from mechanical ventilation admitted in intensive care units and wards were undertaken by purposive sampling technique. Socio-demographic data was statistically analyzed as per frequency and percentage distribution and open ended questionnaire were analyzed thematically. Frequency and percentage distribution of socio demographic characteristics of patients and their lived experiences on mechanical ventilator were explicated as data analysis. Th e six major themes extracted from the lived experiences of patients were: (1) Diffi culty in verbal communication, (2) Failure of alternative means of communication, (3) Distress during suctioning, (4) Dislike being dependent, (5) Hopefulness, and (6) Sense of satisfaction with nursing care. Further studies can be taken up by more in-depth interviews to take deeper insight into this phenomenon.
Manmeet Kaur has completed her Master of Science in Nursing in 2015. Currently she is working as an Assistant Professor in Chitkara School of Health Sciences, Chitkara University and is also pursuing PhD in Pediatrics Nursing. She has published two papers in international journal and has presented one poster in nationally credited continuing medical education (CME).