Understanding Uncertainty Among Critically Ill Patients in the Intensive Care Unit Using Mishel's Theory of Uncertainty of Illness

• Published in: Dimensions of critical care nursing Vol. 35; no. 1; p. 42
• Main Author: Cypress, Brigitte S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Critical Illness; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Nursing Theory; Uncertainty

The concept uncertainty has been explored in critical care but only among patients with myocardial infarction and post-cardiac catheterization using the Uncertainty in Illness Theory. Uncertainty is also a finding of numerous studies conducted in intensive care units (ICUs) that included only family...