Nurses' experiences of caring for patients with intellectual developmental disorders: a systematic review using a meta-ethnographic approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research suggests that registered nurses (RNs) do not feel adequately prepared to support patients with intellectual disability disorder (IDD). This is unsurprising, as few European health sciences curricula include undergraduate and graduate training courses in IDD. As RNs are often in the front line of care, eliciting in-depth knowledge about how they experience nursing this group of patients is vital. Our aim in this study was to develop a conceptual understanding about RNs' experiences of nursing patients with IDD.

Method

We undertook a systematic review and meta-ethnography to synthesise qualitative research studies found in PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, ERIC databases and by manual searching to identify additional studies. We condensed translatable second-order

SUBMITTER: Appelgren M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6276187 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature