Question

Diary entry about your experience in a hospital as a visiter.(not like a patient or family memeber)​

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Answer:

Intensive care patients often remember little of their ICU stay because they are usually sedated in the earlier stages of their illness while they receive mechanical ventilation. When they regain consciousness, it is common for patients not to remember what happened - they may not know where they are or how ill they've been. What they do remember can be delusional memories which can, sometimes, cause psychological difficulties, a form of post-traumatic stress disorder, as they struggle to make sense of the time they've 'lost'. Some ICUs keep diaries for patients, which contain information about the illness, dates and details of treatments and progress. Often visitors are also encouraged to write messages for the patient in this dairy or in a separate book which the ill person would be able to read when they recover.

ICU diaries were introduced to help patients' recovery by giving them a better understanding of the time they spent in intensive care. These diaries can help the ill person make sense of what happened, fill