Critical care nurse
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Critical care nurse · Dec 2020
Enhancing Communication With Family Members in the Intensive Care Unit: A Mixed-Methods Study.
Nurses in the intensive care unit are central to clinical care delivery and are often the staff members most accessible to family members for communication. Family members' ratings of satisfaction with the intensive care unit admission are affected more by communication quality than by the level of care for the patient. Family members may feel that communication in the intensive care unit is inconsistent. ⋯ Environmental factors can negatively affect communication with family members in the intensive care unit.