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There is now a large body of evidence to show that working in the intensive care unit (ICU) seems to be particularly stressful for many nurses (Vreeland and Ellis, 1969; Michaels, 1971; Gentry et al., 1972; Hay and Oken, 1972; Cassem and Hackett, 1975; Jacobson, 1978; Huckaby and Jagla, 1979; Steffen, 1980). A classical, descriptive study by Hay and Oken (1972, p. 110) portrays the often excessive and insistent complex demands made on the ICU nurse.
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Bailey, R., Clarke, M. (1989). Nurses and the intensive care unit: A special case. In: Stress and Coping in Nursing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2941-9_5
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