Primary Nursing in Intensive Care Units.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As a patient-centred model of nursing care, primary nursing (PN) ensures continuity of care while promoting systematic involvement of patients and family members in the therapeutic process. To date, comprehensive published research projects that address the implementation of PN on intensive care units (ICUs) are rare.

Aims

Primary aim was to evaluate the overall process of development and implementation of PN in two German ICUs of a university hospital. Secondary aims were to identify changes on ICU, as well as nursing performance indicators.

Study design

Quantitative design on a surgical (ICU 1) and medical (ICU 2) ICU. We used the validated German Instrument zur Erfassung von Pflegesystemen (IzEP(c)) with separate questionnaires for patients, relatives an

SUBMITTER: Kruger L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12818099 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature