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Decision-making processes of weaning from mechanical ventilation. A comparative ethnographic insight into the dynamics of the decision-making environment
  This was a qualitative work that aimed to understand in depth nurses’ decision-making process when reducing mechanical ventilatory support in critically ill patients, a routine clinical practice in intensive care. An ethnographic approach was used to unravel the cultural factors that influenced those decisions and to complement the understanding of the cognitive process used. The findings illustrated the impact of organisational and human factors on these decisions and highlight their significance when designing strategies to improve health care delivery in intensive care.

  • Type:

    Thesis

  • Date:

    25 November 2011

  • Publication Status:

    Unpublished

  • Library of Congress:

    RT Nursing

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    610.73 Nursing

Citation

Kydonaki, C. (. Decision-making processes of weaning from mechanical ventilation. A comparative ethnographic insight into the dynamics of the decision-making environment. (Thesis). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9453

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Keywords

Mechanical ventilatory support; nurse decision-making; intensive care health care;

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