Family members of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients have commonly experienced high level of stress and uncertainty due to the patient's condition. To alleviate stress of family members, it requires providing care to fulfill family needs. Unfortunately, nurses often rarely assess the needs of family members. As a consequence nurses rarely provide the appropriate nursing care, and as a result…
Purpose: To fill out the gaps in the existing research on the early recovery experiences of patients who have suffered moderate to severe injuries. Design: Exploratory phenomenology was applied in this study. Methods: Data were collected at a hospital in Taiwan from a purposive sample of 14 participants who were interviewed before hospital discharge. Semistructured and audio-taped interviews …