Aims and objectives To understand the needs of critically ill patient families', seeking to meet
those needs and explore the process and patterns of involving family members during …

Nurses striving to give holistic care to provide quality care for their patients, need to
recognize the importance of caring for patients' families. 2. A detailed review of the literature …

Objective Effective communication of simple, clear information to families of intensive care
unit (ICU) patients is a vital component of quality care. The purpose of this study was to …

BACKGROUND: Informational support to family members of ICU patients has significant
potential for reducing their psychological distress, enabling them to better cope and support …

Intensive care unit (ICU) caregivers should seek to develop collaborative relationships with
their patients' family members, based on an open exchange of information and aimed at …

Purpose Family members of intensive care unit (ICU) patients are sometimes highly
distressed and report lower satisfaction with communication and emotional support from …

Objective Nursing is characterised as a profession that provides holistic, person-centred
care. Due to the condition of the critically ill, a family-centred care model is more applicable …

The aim of the study was to explore and describe the experiences of relatives of critically ill
patients in adult intensive care. A qualitative research design was chosen, using a …

Introduction The family members of a patient admitted to a COVID Intensive Care Unit
(COVID-ICU) could not communicate with and stay close to their loved one, which resulted …

The admission of a patient to an intensive care unit (ICU) is recognized as being a stressful
experience for their families• Many studies have focused on the needs of families within ICU …