Patient and Family Experience in the ICU, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

1st Edition, Volume 32-2 - May 20, 2020
Imprint: Elsevier
Editor: Judy E Davidson
Language: English
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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… Read more

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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.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Forthcoming Issues
Humanizing Intensive Care: From Theory to Practice
Key points
What is humanization?
Factors that influence the dehumanization of care
Proyecto HU-CI: a tested solution
Family Integrated Care for Preterm Infants
Key points
Progress in parental involvement in the care of preterm infants
Family integrated care model development
Family integrated care evidence
Implementing family integrated care
Future directions of family integrated care: research and practice opportunities
Summary
The Best Medicine: Personal Pets and Therapy Animals in the Hospital Setting
Key points
Personal pet visitation
Therapy animals: the healing power of man’s best friend
A Vetererinarian perspective
Summary
Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: Biological, Environmental, and Pharmacologic Implications for Nurses
Key points
Background
The biology of sleep
Intensive care unit environment and sleep
Medication effects on sleep
Effects of sleep disruption and disturbances
Implications for nursing
Summary
Implementation of a Patient and Family-Centered Intensive Care Unit Peer Support Program at a Veterans Affairs Hospital
Key points
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
Summary
Supplementary data
Engaging Patients and Families to Help Research Inform and Advance Patient and Family–Centered Care in Critical Care Medicine
Key points
Introduction
Study A: understanding patient and family experiences in the daily care of critically ill patients
Study B: patient and family experiences when moving from the intensive care unit to a hospital ward
Summary
Autobiographical personal perspectives
Summary
Impact of Patient and Family Involvement in Long-Term Outcomes
Key points
Physical health effects of surviving critical illness
Cognitive and emotional consequences of critical illness
Social consequences of critical illness: financial and relational
How should critical care and health systems respond?
Summary
Implementation of a Standardized Patient/Family Communication Bundle
Key points
Introduction
Project
Results
Summary
One Team’s Experience with Integrating Flexible Visitation in the Medical Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Problem description at the medical intensive care unit: where did we start?
Intervention
Measures
Results
Discussion
Summary
The Critical Care Nurse Communicator Program: An Integrated Primary Palliative Care Intervention
Key points
Introduction
Background
Methods
Results
Summary
Appendix 1. Family meeting summary example
Appendix 2. Best case/worst case decision aid example
Bereavement Care in the Adult Intensive Care Unit: Directions for Practice
Key points
Introduction
Definitions of key terms
Why are intensive care unit families at risk?
The current status of intensive care unit bereavement support
Family perspectives—preparation and communication
Family perspectives—support and experiences
Developing an intensive care unit bereavement program
What components to include?
Bereavement packet
Sympathy card or letter
Follow-up phone call or meeting
Counseling services
Memory-making interventions
Memorial services
Is bereavement risk screening necessary?
How to develop a successful and sustainable program
Summary
Enhancing Family-Centered Care in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Key points
Introduction
Principles of family-centered care
Education
Communication
Decision support tools
Enhanced recovery after surgery programs for cardiac patients
The educational component of enhanced recovery after surgery
Family-centered care during prolonged critical illness and mechanical circulatory support
Family presence during resuscitation of cardiac surgery patients
Patient and family-centered care follow-up
Recommendations for future studies
Summary
Intensive Care Unit Patient Diaries: A Review Evaluating Implementation and Feasibility
Key points
Introduction
Background
Search strategy
Themes
Nurses’ Influence on Patient Wellbeing: Noise Reduction and Sunshine Therapy
Key points
Introduction
Summary
The Facilitated Sensemaking Model as a Framework for Family-Patient Communication During Mechanical Ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Introduction
Literature review
The Facilitated Sensemaking Model
Application of the Facilitated Sensemaking Model to a communication intervention
Clinically applicable communication strategy
Discussion

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