• Intensive Crit Care Nurs · Dec 2017

    A survey of next of kin needs of trauma patients admitted to Intensive Care Units in South Africa.

    • Petra Brysiewicz and Jennifer Chipps.
    • School of Nursing & Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Electronic address: brysiewiczp@ukzn.ac.za.
    • Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2017 Dec 1; 43: 136-142.

    AimTo conduct a cross-sectional survey of next of kin needs of critically injured trauma patients admitted to Intensive Care Units in South Africa.MethodsThe needs of next of kin of trauma patients (in public and private hospitals) who were critically injured and required admission to Intensive Care Units were surveyed at two points: on admission within first 24hours and on Day 3/day of transfer if earlier.ResultsA total of 162 next of kin participated (114 from state and 48 from private) and Critical Care Family Needs Inventory subscale scores obtained at admission and at Day 3/day of transfer if earlier indicated a trend toward reporting increased needs. In all the needs ratings, the top domains were those of Assurance and Information.ConclusionThe next of kin have a great number of needs that are currently not being met (both in the state and the private hospital and these needs actually increase over time. This study can help nurses understand the needs of next of kin in the Intensive Care Unit and that these needs change over the hospitalization period.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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