Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 6-15 , February 2012

The lived experiences of adult intensive care patients who were conscious during mechanical ventilation: A phenomenological-hermeneutic study

  • Veronika Karlsson

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health and Care Sciences at The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 457, SE 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Intensive Care Unit, Skaraborgssjukhus Skövde, SE-54185 Skövde, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Intensive Care Unit, Skaraborgs sjukhus, SE 54185 Skövde, Sweden.
    • ,
  • Ingegerd Bergbom

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health and Care Sciences at The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 457, SE 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Anna Forsberg

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health and Care Sciences at The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 457, SE 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

,Accepted 12 November 2011.

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PII: S0964-3397(11)00119-4

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2011.11.002

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 6-15 , February 2012

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