https://doi.org/10.4081/scenario.2024.611
From ICU to “I SEE YOU”: Introducing the family member in COVID-ICU
Submitted: 25 October 2024
Accepted: 31 January 2025
Published: 14 February 2025
Accepted: 31 January 2025
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The death rates in Intensive Care Units (ICU) caused by COVID-19 were 37.3%,1 creating traumatic outcomes in family members forced to detach from their relative, in their homes.2
Patient and Family Engagement in ICU has been defined as: “an active partnership between health professionals and patients and families working at every level of the healthcare system to improve health and the quality, safety, and delivery of healthcare.”3 Involving family members in a pandemic era in COVID-ICUs was a complex challenge, as a balance had to be struck between the five ethical principles of Family Centred Care's (FCC)4 and the safety of visitors and patients5 and thed increased burden of care of health professionals who worked in the COVID-ICUs6 which were to contain the fear of family members7 and support the family member to perform advanced activities such as donning/doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).8 [...]
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Bartoli, D., Trotta, F., Pucciarelli, G., & Petrosino, F. (2025). From ICU to “I SEE YOU”: Introducing the family member in COVID-ICU. Scenario® - Il Nursing Nella Sopravvivenza, 41(4). https://doi.org/10.4081/scenario.2024.611
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