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dc.contributor.authorBarratt, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorShaban, Ramon
dc.contributor.authorMoyle, Wendy
dc.contributor.editorLee Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-21T01:46:58Z
dc.date.available2017-09-21T01:46:58Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-01-25T02:19:51Z
dc.identifier.issn0813-0531
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/35631
dc.description.abstractObjective To explore the lived experience of patients in MRSA isolation in an acute care hospital in New Zealand. Design Interpretive phenomenology. Setting Acute care hospital in New Zealand. Participants A purposive sample of ten adult patients with MRSA infection and under isolation precautions for more than three days. Results The majority of participants found some positive aspect of being accommodated in a single room; however, the overall experience of MRSA isolation was viewed as a negative one. 'Being MRSA positive', 'Being with others'; and 'Living within four walls' were the major themes associated with participants' experience. The central characterisation of their experience, 'Behind barriers', suggested that for these patients MRSA isolation imposes barriers to the expression of own identity and normal interpersonal relationships, and impacts on the delivery of quality care. Conclusion Source isolation for MRSA influences the quality of care and in particular the opportunity for emotional support. Consideration must be given to the design of the isolation environs and staff must be equipped with adequate infection control knowledge to ameliorate and inform patients and their families of the effects of isolation.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralian Nursing Federation
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.ajan.com.au/ajan_28.2.html
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom53
dc.relation.ispartofpageto59
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Journal of Advanced Nursing
dc.relation.ispartofvolume28
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAcute care
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420501
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420599
dc.titleBehind barriers: patients’ perceptions of source isolation for Methicillin‑resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorMoyle, Wendy


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