Attitudes and beliefs about family presence in critical care
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Mitchell, Marion
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2008
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Family-centered care within a critical care environment strives to meet the needs of patients and their families and includes the need for information, support and the ability to be physically close to the patient. Paediatric critical care health care providers (HCPs) and emergency nurses are leading the way in family involvement with protocols for family presence. The nature of critical care areas sees patients and their families confronted with invasive procedures and at times, resuscitation interventions. The term "family presence" in Duran et al.'s article refers to families' attendance during invasive and resuscitation ...
View more >Family-centered care within a critical care environment strives to meet the needs of patients and their families and includes the need for information, support and the ability to be physically close to the patient. Paediatric critical care health care providers (HCPs) and emergency nurses are leading the way in family involvement with protocols for family presence. The nature of critical care areas sees patients and their families confronted with invasive procedures and at times, resuscitation interventions. The term "family presence" in Duran et al.'s article refers to families' attendance during invasive and resuscitation procedures. The purpose of Duran et al.'s study " 巡s to describe and compare the attitudes towards and beliefs about family presence of healthcare providers, patients' family members, and patients regardless of previous experience with family presence." (p. 273).
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View more >Family-centered care within a critical care environment strives to meet the needs of patients and their families and includes the need for information, support and the ability to be physically close to the patient. Paediatric critical care health care providers (HCPs) and emergency nurses are leading the way in family involvement with protocols for family presence. The nature of critical care areas sees patients and their families confronted with invasive procedures and at times, resuscitation interventions. The term "family presence" in Duran et al.'s article refers to families' attendance during invasive and resuscitation procedures. The purpose of Duran et al.'s study " 巡s to describe and compare the attitudes towards and beliefs about family presence of healthcare providers, patients' family members, and patients regardless of previous experience with family presence." (p. 273).
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Journal Title
Australian Critical Care
Volume
21
Issue
1
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© 2008 ACCCN. Published by Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Clinical sciences
Nursing