Supporting a patient after a near-death experience.
Nancy Duffy, Melodie Olson
Nursing April 1, 2007 DOI: 10.1097/01.nurse.0000266041.11793.9d (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | Near-death experience |
| Keywords | Humans Consciousness disorders Heart arrest Death Resuscitation Communication Nurse's role Nurse-patient relations Social support Survivors Nursing assessment |
| Key points | The article advises that patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest may report memories of an otherworldly or out-of-body experience, and it aims to inform nurses about research on these experiences and appropriate ways to respond to a patient who reports one. |
Abstract
In Brief Recovering from cardiac arrest, your patient reports an out-of-body experience. Do you know how to respond? Following resuscitation from cardiac arrest, a patient may report memories of an otherworldly experience. Find out what researchers have learned about these experiences and how to respond to a patient who's had one.
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