A look at critical care visitation: the case for flexible visitation
- PMID: 16868468
- DOI: 10.1097/00003465-200607000-00011
A look at critical care visitation: the case for flexible visitation
Abstract
The topic of critical care visitation has been researched and discussed over the past 25 years and still remains controversial. There still remain many concerns over the benefits of open or flexible visitation. A review of some research conducted in the past several years, perceived barriers to open visitation, and the benefits will be presented in this article.
Similar articles
-
Personal reflection: critical-care visitation and the headache that follows.Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2011 Jan-Feb;30(1):39-40. doi: 10.1097/DCC.0b013e3181fd0319. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2011. PMID: 21135610
-
Should we allow children to visit ill parents in intensive care units?Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2006 Nov-Dec;25(6):269-71. doi: 10.1097/00003465-200611000-00005. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2006. PMID: 17122657
-
Should the family stay?RN. 2007 May;70(5):42-8; quiz 49. RN. 2007. PMID: 17547340 Review. No abstract available.
-
Should open visitation be the norm in neonatal intensive care units?MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2010 Mar-Apr;35(2):70-1. doi: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e3181cafa3b. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2010. PMID: 20215945 No abstract available.
-
Challenging restricted visiting policies in critical care.Off J Can Assoc Crit Care Nurs. 1999 Summer;10(2):24-7. Off J Can Assoc Crit Care Nurs. 1999. PMID: 10690122 Review.
Cited by
-
Implementation of the evidence for the improvement of nursing care to the critical patient's family: a Participatory Action Research.BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 May 11;18(1):357. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3177-8. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018. PMID: 29747635 Free PMC article.
-
The bodily presence of significant others: Intensive care patients' experiences in a situation of critical illness.Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2010 Nov 4;5(4). doi: 10.3402/qhw.v5i4.5120. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2010. PMID: 21063475 Free PMC article.
-
The effect of the family presence on anxiety and agitation of patients under mechanical ventilation after open heart surgery: a randomized clinical trial.Perioper Med (Lond). 2021 Nov 1;10(1):40. doi: 10.1186/s13741-021-00207-2. Perioper Med (Lond). 2021. PMID: 34719406 Free PMC article.
-
Introduction of open visiting policy in intensive care units in Ukraine: policy analysis and the ethical perspective.Asian Bioeth Rev. 2018 Jul 21;10(2):105-121. doi: 10.1007/s41649-018-0057-9. eCollection 2018 Jul. Asian Bioeth Rev. 2018. PMID: 33717281 Free PMC article.
-
[Palliative care : Challenges in the intensive care unit].Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2018 May;113(4):249-255. doi: 10.1007/s00063-018-0435-9. Epub 2018 Apr 16. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2018. PMID: 29663015 Review. German.
Publication types
MeSH terms
LinkOut - more resources
Full Text Sources
Medical
Miscellaneous