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  • Patient Care

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  • Patient transfers from intensive care units (ICUs) to general wards are complex processes.
  • Effective organization of care during transfers is crucial for patient outcomes.
  • Understanding staff experiences is key to optimizing transitional care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe strategies for organizing patient care during transfers from intensive care.
  • To explore staff experiences of pre-transfer, during-transfer, and post-transfer care.
  • To identify methods for improving the ICU transitional care process.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative content analysis of 15 interviews with ICU and general ward staff.
  • Interviews were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim.
  • Analysis focused on strategies experienced by healthcare professionals.

Main Results:

  • Key strategies identified: secure, encourage, and collaborate.
  • A safe, interactive rehabilitation process emerged as a central theme.
  • Three-way interactions were crucial: staff/patient/family, team/units, and patient/family/environment.

Conclusions:

  • Intensive care unit transitional care is integral to critical care rehabilitation.
  • Safe and structured discharge procedures are essential.
  • Effective strategies include collaboration, support, optimal timing, early mobilization, and a multidisciplinary approach.