Kathleen A. Puntillo, RN, DNSc, is the lead author of an article published in the November 2010 Critical Care Medicine titled, “Symptoms Experienced by Intensive Care Unit Patients at High Risk of Dying.”
The study provides a detailed assessment of the symptom experiences of intensive care unit patients at risk of dying and evaluates the relationship between delirium and patients’ symptom reports.
Puntillo is a professor of nursing at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing.
