Sheppard B
Nurs Stand. 1994;9(10):27-30. doi: 10.7748/ns.9.10.27.s36.
Patients and nurses may not appreciate the differences between acute care settings and rehabilitation units. The relative informality and 'hands-off' approach of nurses in the latter can lead to confusion and misunderstanding for people whose exclusive experience of nursing is in the acute sector. At the behest of concerned nurses on a rehabilitation unit, the author conducted interviews with discharged patients to try to establish what their perceptions of the unit were, and how these influenced their progress. The results suggested that the patients' misconceptions may have been hindering their rehabilitation potential. The nurses subsequently devised an action plan to improve understanding of the unit's aims and practices. Follow-up interviews after the plan's implementation showed that it had been successful in improving patients' understanding and engagement with the rehabilitation process.
患者和护士可能并不了解急症护理环境与康复病房之间的差异。康复病房中护士相对随意和“不干涉”的方式，可能会让那些只在急症科室接受过护理的人感到困惑和误解。应康复病房中相关护士的要求，作者对出院患者进行了访谈，试图了解他们对该病房的看法，以及这些看法如何影响他们的康复进程。结果表明，患者的误解可能一直在阻碍他们的康复潜力。护士们随后制定了一项行动计划，以增进对病房目标和做法的理解。该计划实施后的跟进访谈显示，它成功地提高了患者对康复过程的理解和参与度。
