Download or read book A Descriptive Study of the Need of Families of Patients Hospitalized in a Critical Care Unit written by Mary A. Marcello and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Families in the Intensive Care Unit written by Giora Netzer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is one of the first comprehensive resources on understanding and working with families in the intensive care unit. The text provides a conceptual overview of the Family ICU Syndrome, a constellation of physical morbidity, psychopathology, cognitive deficits, and conflict. Outlining its mechanisms, the book presents a guide to combating the syndrome with an interdisciplinary team. The text represents the full array of the interdisciplinary team by also spotlighting administrative considerations for health care management and approaches to training different members of the health care team. Family voices are featured prominently in the text as well. The book also addresses the complete trajectory of needs of care, including survivorship and end-of-life care. Written by experts in the field, Families in the Intensive Care Unit: A Guide to Understanding, Engaging and Supporting at the Bedside is a state-of-the-art reference for all clinicians who work with families in the ICU.
Download or read book Needs of Patient s Families in the Hospital Tele intensive Care Unit written by Mary L. Jahrsdoerfer and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose: To explore, identify and describe the perceptions of family members of a patient admitted to a telemedicine intensive care unit (tele-ICU); and to determine if these needs differ from those established by the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI) in the traditional ICU setting. Background: The tele-ICU is a new care modality in which offsite nurses provide consultation to bedside clinical staff at geographically-dispersed ICUs. The last decade demonstrates a growing existence of tele-ICU's in our healthcare culture. 'Information', 'close proximity', 'assurance', 'support' and 'comfort' have been identified as the top five needs of family members in the traditional ICU setting. Yet, we do not know what the family needs are within the tele-ICU context. Significance: The complexity of the tele-ICU adds another dimension to patient-family care, requiring nurses to have appropriate knowledge of family member experiences in order to meet these needs. This study was the first of its kind using face-to-face interviews to focus on the unique perceptions and needs of family members in this new care modality; and a follow-up to the published pilot study by this author. Methods: This was a descriptive study using exploratory inquiry; semi-structured recorded interview method was used with a convenience sample of family-members to assess their experiences, needs, and perceptions while patients received care in a tele-ICU. Conclusion: This study demonstrated significant gaps in communication about the tele-ICU between staff and patients' family. This finding is consistent with the pilot study. Although once informed about the tele-ICU existence and purpose by the investigator, perceptions of the tele-ICU model of care were generally favorable. The fact that 11 of the 16 family-participants interviewed (68.75%) indicated that they had not been informed that the patient was receiving care in a tele-ICU, as well as all 16 (100%) of the respondents never having been introduced to the remote staff, suggests the need for more timely, organized, and proactive communication strategies to inform patients' family members about this novel technology. Improved comprehension of the families' understanding of the role of the tele-ICU in the care of critically ill patient may support their informational needs.
Download or read book The ICU Guide for Families written by Lara Goitein and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICU events are not uncommon but knowing what to do when a loved one is placed there is. This work explores the ICU with an eye toward guiding families to getting the best care for their beloved patient Intensive care will touch almost all of us at some point – whether directly, or through our families and or friends. This book is for every family of patients in the ICU, who have suddenly entered an intimidating and alien world, in which they feel powerless and out of control. In simple, direct language, Lara Goitein, MD, gives clear explanations of all aspects of intensive care – what all those lines and tubes are; common conditions such as sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); physical changes in patients and what they mean; common procedures and their risks and benefits; and the people and the culture of the ICU. One full section of the book is devoted to Covid-19-specific issues. In addition, the book provides concrete advice for how family members can be effective advocates on behalf of their loved ones –what to know before giving consent for procedures, how to interact with ICU staff, how to help the ICU team guard against common complications of ICU care, and how to approach important decisions about end-of-life care. Along the way, the author gently reminds of us of what, in the end, matters most in the ICU. For readers who may be distracted and exhausted, this is a clear, accessible guide with concrete recommendations for getting the best care and asking the right questions along the way. A compassionate resource in a time of extreme stress, this book offers support to anyone touched by an ICU stay.
Download or read book Critical Care Nursing written by Patricia Gonce Morton and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 1376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic in its field, this popular text provides clinical coverage of critical care nursing, with an emphasis on holism in practice. Beginning with the psychosocial concepts of care, the text progresses through assessment and management of a variety of disorders. Now under the head authorship of Tricia Morton, Critical Care Nursing maintains its popular holistic approach to the complexities of adult health and critical care. The Eighth Edition is now in full-color, and has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent changes and advances in critical care nursing. A CD-ROM in the back of this edition has common Critical Care Drug Monographs, Crisis Values of Lab Tests, Critical Care Nursing Procedures, Animations, and comprehensive critical care exams.
Download or read book Patient and Family Experience in the ICU An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America written by Judy E Davidson and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Cynthia Bautista, Dr. Judy Davidson has put together a comprehensive issue on family and patient experience in the ICU. Expert authors have contributed clinical review articles on the following topics: Humanizing Intensive Care: From Theory to Practice; FiCare; Patient's Own Pets in the ICU; Sleep in the ICU; Implementation of a Patient and Family-Centered ICU Peer Support Program at a Veterans Affairs Hospital; Understanding the Experiences of Patients and Families in the ICU: More than Engagement; Implementing a Patient and Family Communication Bundle in the ICU; Integrating Primary Palliative Care into the ICU: The Critical Care Nurse Communicator Program; Bereavement Care in the Adult ICU: Directions for Practice; A review on the Use of Diaries; Supporting Families of Patients with Rare or Unusual Critical Illnesses; and Meeting the Special Needs of Families of CTICU patients. Readers will come away with the information they need to improve family and patients experiences in the ICU.
Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/
Download or read book Evidence Based Nursing Care Guidelines E Book written by Betty J. Ackley and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking reference — created by an internationally respected team of clinical and research experts — provides quick access to concise summaries of the body of nursing research for 192 common medical-surgical interventions. Each nursing care guideline classifies specific nursing activities as Effective, Possibly Effective, or Possibly Harmful, providing a bridge between research and clinical practice. Ideal for both nursing students and practicing nurses, this evidence-based reference is your key to confidently evaluating the latest research findings and effectively applying best practices in the clinical setting. Synthesizing the current state of research evidence, each nursing care guideline classifies specific activities as Effective, Possibly Effective, Not Effective, or Possibly Harmful. Easy-to-recognize icons for each cited study help you differentiate between findings that are based on nursing research (NR), multidisciplinary research (MR), or expert opinion (EO), or those activities that represent established standards of practice (SP). Each nursing activity is rated by level of evidence, allowing you to gauge the validity of the research and weigh additional evidence you may encounter. Guidelines are identified by NIC intervention labels wherever appropriate, and NOC outcome measurements are incorporated throughout. An Evolve website provides additional evidence-based nursing resources.
Download or read book A Descriptive Study of Patients Hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit written by Sheila Maureen Siebert and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Design for Critical Care written by D. Kirk Hamilton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is now widely recognized that the physical environment has an impact on the physiology, psychology, and sociology of those who experience it. When designing a critical care unit, the demands on the architect or designer working together with the interdisciplinary team of clinicians are highly specialized. Good design can have a hugely positive impact in terms of the recovery of patients and their hospital experience as a whole. Good design can also contribute to productivity and quality of the work experience for the staff. 'Design for Critical Care' presents a thorough and insightful guide to the very best practice in intensive care design, focusing on design that has been successful and benefi cial to both hospital staff and hospital patients. By making the connection between research evidence and design practice, Hamilton and Shepley present an holistic approach that outlines the future for successful design for critical care settings.
Download or read book Reclaiming the House written by Daphne Stannard and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Family Members of Critically Injured Emergency Department Patients written by Cheryl Bays Goodman and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Met and Unmet Needs of Families of Patients in the Icu written by Heather Sheaffer and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The qualitative research study detailed in this book seeks an understanding of the experience and needs of family members of patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) at a large, metropolitan hospital. The study in this text utilized a self-developed, semi-structured interview, transitioning the findings of the The Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI) (Molter, & Leske, 1983) into open-ended interview questions. The interviews queried participants about their needs related to their family member's stay in the ICU, their interactions with the health care team and any recommendations they wished to offer to family members of patients in the ICU and to the health care team. The interviews yielded multiple needs of family members of patients in the ICU including the need for: communication, information, visitation, vigilance, assurance, and "realistic hope." Additional research investigating interventions designed to meet the families' needs and the role of social work in the ICU in meeting these needs is also indicated.
Download or read book Needs of Family Members of Patients Hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit Setting written by Ruth M. Kleinpell and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Intervention to Involve Family in Decisions about Life Support written by Jennifer Kryworuchko and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose. To systematically develop and field test an intervention to engage families and healthcare teams in the decision-making process about life support for critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Setting. Adult medical-surgical ICU at a Canadian academic teaching hospital. Methods. The International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) criteria and the Interprofessional Shared Decision Making (SDM) model guided the study of families facing decisions about life support for their relative in ICU that involved:1) systematic review; 2) qualitative descriptive study; 3) mixed methods field test of a novel patient decision aid (DA). Systematic review findings. Of 3162 citations, four trials evaluated interventions to improve communication between health professionals and patients/families. One intervention met eight of nine criteria for SDM but did not evaluate its effect on the benefit to communication. Qualitative study findings. Six family members and nine health professionals identified two options (life support or comfort care) and values associated with these options. Values included maintaining quality of life, surviving critical illness, minimizing pain and suffering, not being attached to machines, giving the family enough time to adapt emotionally to the patient's health situation, and the judicious use of healthcare resources. Families were unlikely to become engaged without healthcare professionals making the decision explicit and minimizing other barriers across the decision-making process. Field test findings. Family members and health professionals for eight patients indicated that the DA was feasible to use, acceptable to users, had the potential to do what was intended, and did not seem to present adverse consequences to users. An enhanced delivery strategy is needed for future evaluation of its effect on facilitating patient/family involvement in decisions. Conclusions. Limited involvement of families in the process of decision-making about life support in the ICU reinforced the need for effective interventions to facilitate SDM. These studies validated the operationalization of the IPDAS criteria, as part of a systematic process for developing and field testing DAs. However, IPDAS criteria stop short of elements necessary to consider when implementing the DA in the processes of care.
Download or read book Family Centered Care in an Intensive Care Unit in Botswana written by Juliet Sejosennye Senabye and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family-centred care (FCC) is a model of care that is focused on promoting collaboration through engagement of nurses and families in information sharing and decision making. This experience is common for families with patients admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU). Disruption of the social system usually manifests in the form of depression, fear and/or anger. Families need to be supported and involved in patient care and decision making, in order to reduce complaints, improve patient outcomes, and hence promote family-centred care. AIM The aim of the study was to describe the views of families regarding FCC and collaboratively develop strategies to enhance FCC in the general ICU in Botswana. Research Design The researcher used a qualitative, contextual, explorative and descriptive research design in order to explore and describe the lived views of families with patients admitted in the ICU regarding FCC. Methodology Ten family members of patients admitted in the ICU were purposively selected and data was collected by means of one-on-one interviews. The data-collection instrument was an Appreciative Inquiry semi-structured and open-ended interview guide. Findings The following main themes emerged: 1) workplace culture 2) compassion and 3) counselling. Conclusion Supporting and involving families in the care of the critically ill family member may improve family satisfaction, reduce complaints and ultimately lead to positive health outcomes for the patient.
Download or read book The Needs of Families of Acutely Ill Patients written by Mary P. Blichfeldt and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
