Background Despite international bodies calling for increased patient and family
involvement, these concepts remain poorly defined within literature on critical and intensive …

Background Healthcare that involves patients and their families in care has been
recommended to improve patient safety and quality. With limited direction on care …

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 …

Background National studies have documented that Latinos are less likely to use specialty
substance abuse treatment (eg, rehabilitation programs, in/out-patient services) than other …

Background Family members could play an important role in preventing and reducing the
development of delirium in Intensive Care Units (ICU) patients. This study sought to assess …

Background Hospital leaders, policymakers and healthcare professionals are realising the
benefits of delivering care that promotes family participation because it is known to enhance …

The provision of simulation to enhance learning is becoming common practice as clinical
placement becomes harder to secure within Bachelor of Nursing programs. The use of …

OBJECTIVES: When patients become critically ill it also affects their relatives. The aim of this
study was to describe critical care nurses' experience of relatives' involvement in the nursing …

Background When a relative is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), stress, anxiety, and
failure to cope may place families, and the patient, at risk for adverse psychological …

Background The sudden, devastating, nature of traumatic injuries has a profound effect on
patients and their families. When family needs are appropriately met in the intensive care …