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- Title
L'accoglienza del visitatore minore in terapia intensiva per adulti: un'indagine tra gli infermieri.
- Authors
BARERA, CATERINA; GHEDIN, DENISE; BENETTON, MARIA
- Abstract
Introduction: despite a cultural change that has allowed an open intensive care model and that is aimed at more family centered holistic care, there are still many restrictions in the adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) regarding access to minor visitors who are often excluded, or access is permitted only to teenagers. The reasons found in literature are not based on scientific evidence and a minor prevented from seeing his own family could interpret the separation as a punishment or a lack of love and could develop feelings of abandonment and guilt. Materials and methods: multicentre observational-descriptive study. For the survey an ad hoc online questionnaire was administered to adult intensive care nurses from different hospitals in Italy. Bibliographic research was performed at the same time. Results: 76 nurses replied, mainly operating in general ICUs in Northern Italy (58%) and Central Italy (41%). Despite the fact that most of the nurses would welcome only adolescent visitors, about half would not exclude the possibility of allowing preschool and school age children. The sample does not always agree with the reasons that literature provides for excluding the visits. In many situations nurses do not intervene to facilitate visits from children, but the majority of those questioned are willing to be open to this experience and described past experiences as "useful" and "comforting." Conclusions: nurses are open to welcoming children as visitors to adult ICUs. As suggested by literature, the sample investigated also believes it would be useful to develop protocols for the reception of minors, to inform and train healthcare professionals and families and to combat the existing prejudices.
- Subjects
AUTOMATIC data collection systems; CHILDREN; FAMILY medicine; HOLISTIC medicine; INTENSIVE care units; NURSES' attitudes; SCIENTIFIC observation; SURVEYS; VISITING the sick; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
SCENARIO: Official Italian Journal of ANIARTI, 2018, Vol 35, Issue 2, p22
- ISSN
1592-5951
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4081/scenario.2018.248