Objectives To evaluate critical care nurses' experiences of ICU diaries following the
implementation of national recommendations for the use of diaries for critically ill patients.
Design A quality improvement project describing the development and implementation of
national recommendations (2011), as well as the assessment of the use of diaries in
intensive care nursing practice (2014). Setting Norwegian intensive care units (ICUs).
Participants Thirty-nine Norwegian ICUs took part in the study. Intervention A multi …