Nurses' Role in Transitional Care During Intensive Care Unit Family Meetings for Patients With Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To describe nurses' roles in transitional care planning during intensive care unit (ICU) family meetings for patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV).

Design

A qualitative descriptive study.

Methods

Using secondary data from a trial of a decision aid about PMV, transcripts from 19 unstructured ICU family meetings were purposively sampled and analysed using directed content analysis.

Findings

Among 76 recorded ICU family meetings where nurses engaged and spoke at length beyond introduction, nurses spoke at length in 19 (25%) of them. These 19 family meetings were analysed in depth. Three themes were identified describing the roles nurses served: (1) Transitional care liaisons (e.g., introducing next levels of care, identifying/engaging family mem

SUBMITTER: You H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12457000 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature