ICU visiting policies
作者:
STUART YOUNGNER,
CLAUDIA COULTON,
ROBERT WELTON,
BARBARA JUKNIALIS,
DAVID JACKSON,
期刊:
Critical Care Medicine
(OVID Available online 1984)
卷期:
Volume 12,
issue 7
页码: 606-608
ISSN:0090-3493
年代: 1984
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Head nurses from 78 ICUs in 37 northeast Ohio hospitals were interviewed about visiting policies. There was tremendous variation with regard to frequency and length of visits; 25% of these ICUs allowed only 2 visits/day, and 42% restricted visits to under 20 min. Most units rarely or never allowed children under 12 yr old to visit. Traditional rationales for restricted visiting are not supported by studies in the literature, nor are they consistent with current concepts of patients' rights. In an era where high technology and medicine by-the-numbers threaten to dehumanize patients, open visiting is an important part of the humanization process.
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