Family Centered Care Essay
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Family-Centered
Family-Centered
Care
Care: Meeting the Needs of
Patients’ Families and Helping
Families Adapt to Critical Illness
Judy E. Davidson, RN, DNP, CCRN
Anniversary
She shuffled into my office eyes deadened from 365 sleepless nights, more than lonely, lost since he’s been gone.
It is time. She’ll have her answer.
PRIME POINTS
• Family members of
patients in ICUs may experience fear, anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress.
• Nurses and physicians do not accurately predict the needs of patients’ families.
• Individualized instruction, with proactive assessment of family needs in a manner that promotes the inclusion of patients’ family members in bedside care, …show more content…
1998;26(7):1187-1193.
Cuthbertson SJ, Margetts MA, Streat SJ.
Bereavement follow-up after critical illness.
Crit Care Med. 2000;28(4):1196-1201.
Abbott KH, Sago JG, Breen CM, Abernethy
AP, Tulsky JA. Families looking back: one year after discussion of withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining support. Crit Care
Med. 2001;29(1):197-201.
Molter NC. Needs of relatives of critically ill patients: a descriptive study. Heart Lung.
1979;8(2):332-339.
Leske JS. Internal psychometric properties of the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory.
Heart Lung. 1991;20(3):236-244.
Redley B, Beanland C. Revising the Critical
Care Family Needs Inventory for the emergency department. J Adv Nurs. 2004;45(1):
95-104.
Koller PA. Family needs and coping strategies during illness crisis. AACN Clin Issues.
1991;2(2):338-345.
Kleinpell RM, Powers MJ. Needs of family members of intensive care unit patients.
Appl Nurs Res. 1992;5(1):2-8.
Al-Hassan MA, Hweidi IM. The perceived needs of Jordanian families of hospitalized, critically ill patients. Int J Nurs Pract. 2004;
10(2):64-71.
Norheim C. Family needs of patients having coronary artery bypass graft surgery during the intraoperative period. Heart Lung. 1989;
5/12/09
3:52 PM
Page 28
Cover Article
Family-Centered
Family-Centered
Care
Care: Meeting the Needs of
Patients’ Families and Helping
Families Adapt to Critical Illness
Judy E. Davidson, RN, DNP, CCRN
Anniversary
She shuffled into my office eyes deadened from 365 sleepless nights, more than lonely, lost since he’s been gone.
It is time. She’ll have her answer.
PRIME POINTS
• Family members of
patients in ICUs may experience fear, anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress.
• Nurses and physicians do not accurately predict the needs of patients’ families.
• Individualized instruction, with proactive assessment of family needs in a manner that promotes the inclusion of patients’ family members in bedside care, …show more content…
1998;26(7):1187-1193.
Cuthbertson SJ, Margetts MA, Streat SJ.
Bereavement follow-up after critical illness.
Crit Care Med. 2000;28(4):1196-1201.
Abbott KH, Sago JG, Breen CM, Abernethy
AP, Tulsky JA. Families looking back: one year after discussion of withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining support. Crit Care
Med. 2001;29(1):197-201.
Molter NC. Needs of relatives of critically ill patients: a descriptive study. Heart Lung.
1979;8(2):332-339.
Leske JS. Internal psychometric properties of the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory.
Heart Lung. 1991;20(3):236-244.
Redley B, Beanland C. Revising the Critical
Care Family Needs Inventory for the emergency department. J Adv Nurs. 2004;45(1):
95-104.
Koller PA. Family needs and coping strategies during illness crisis. AACN Clin Issues.
1991;2(2):338-345.
Kleinpell RM, Powers MJ. Needs of family members of intensive care unit patients.
Appl Nurs Res. 1992;5(1):2-8.
Al-Hassan MA, Hweidi IM. The perceived needs of Jordanian families of hospitalized, critically ill patients. Int J Nurs Pract. 2004;
10(2):64-71.
Norheim C. Family needs of patients having coronary artery bypass graft surgery during the intraoperative period. Heart Lung. 1989;