Nolan Louise
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland.
Br J Nurs. 2007;16(7):419-22. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2007.16.7.23245.
Caring for people with dementia in an acute hospital setting presents a number of challenges. This article reports the findings of a study which explored nurses' experiences of caring for older people with dementia in a unit caring for older people within an acute hospital. The study used a thematic approach to produce an interpretation of the care experience and a purposive sample of seven nurses was interviewed regarding the research aims. The findings revealed the structural inadequacies of the acute hospital as a dementia care environment and the resultant challenges and complexities of the care experience. Despite the identified challenges, nurses considered the specific needs of people with dementia and the environmental effects of the acute setting on their ability to meet identified needs.
在急症医院环境中照顾痴呆症患者面临诸多挑战。本文报告了一项研究的结果，该研究探讨了护士在急症医院内一个照顾老年人的科室中照顾老年痴呆症患者的经历。该研究采用主题分析法对护理经历进行解读，并就研究目的对七名护士进行了有目的抽样访谈。研究结果揭示了急症医院作为痴呆症护理环境在结构上的不足，以及护理经历中由此产生的挑战和复杂性。尽管存在这些已确定的挑战，但护士们考虑到了痴呆症患者的特殊需求以及急症环境对他们满足已确定需求能力的环境影响。
