Candlelight Guides the Way Through Winter's Chill: A Meta‐Ethnography of Critical Care Nurses Supporting Bereaved Families in Intensive Care Units

• Published in: Journal of clinical nursing Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 2409 - 2430
• Main Authors: Lai, Wei‐Ting, Ko, Hsun‐Kuei, Yang, Li‐Yu, Su, Hui‐Chun, Wu, Li‐Min
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2025
• Subjects: Adult; Anthropology, Cultural; Bereavement; Critical care; Critical Care Nursing; Ethnography; Family - psychology; Female; Humans; Intensive care; intensive care units; Intensive Care Units - organization & administration; Male; meta‐ethnography; Nurses; Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology; qualitative research; systematic review; bereavement; critical care; meta‐ethnography; qualitative research; systematic review; nurses; intensive care units

ABSTRACT Aim To synthesise evidence on critical care nurses supporting bereaved families in intensive care units (ICUs). Design Noblit and Hare's meta‐ethnography approach. Methods We followed Noblit and Hare's 7‐phase procedure, using reciprocal translation for data analysis and line‐of‐a...