In their absence; intensive care nurses' experiences of communicating and supporting relatives from a distance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Having a critically ill family member in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a challenging situation and ICU nurses play an important part in supporting relatives to make sense of the situation. Strict visiting policies inhibited the family's presence in ICUs during 2020-22, and the communication between nurses and families changed drastically. Information and support are at the core of the ICU nurses' profession, and the pandemic backdrop created a split between what intensive care nurses have a professional responsibility to perform and which actions were possible. To get a fuller picture, the aim of this study was: To describe intensive care nurses' experiences of communicating and supporting relatives from a distance while working during visiting restrictions.

Method

SUBMITTER: Conte H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10636861 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature