Working with Patients Living with Obesity in the Intensive Care Unit: A Study of Nurses’ Experiences

Nurses who work in the intensive care settings (or units, ICU) in Canada encounter a growing number of patients living with obesity (PLWO) in clinical practice. Many authors suggest that the number of PLWO who are admitted to the ICU has increased significantly because obesity is on the rise in Cana...

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Main Author: Shea, Jacqueline M.
Other Authors: Gagnon, Marilou
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2014
Subjects:
ICU
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31230
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-3808