Nicki Fouché
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Biography
Nicki started her ICU career at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town in 1988. She is qualified with the Diploma in Intensive Nursing Science in 1990. She worked in the ICUs at GSH until 2000 when she accepted a Lecturer position as the Critical Care Nursing Convenor. She has completed her PhD (Education) at Faculty Humanities at UCT. Her research areas are Death and Dying, Death Education, End-of-Life Care, Thanatology, HeideggerIan Phenomenology. Currently, she is the Head of the Division Nursing and Midwifery University of Cape Town
Abstract
Abstract : What happens behind the curtains? an exploration of ICU nurses experiences of post mortem care