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Much has been written about the stressful psychological experience of being a patient in an Intensive Care (ICU) or other special care unit.1-5 Less well recognized, however, are the problems posed for those who work in an ICU that provides the complex nursing care required by critically ill, often dying, patients. Notable exceptions include the contributions of Vreeland and Ellis6 and of Gardam.7
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Hay, D., Oken, D. (1977). The Psychological Stresses of Intensive Care Unit Nursing. In: Moos, R.H. (eds) Coping with Physical Illness. Current Topics in Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2256-6_26
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