A survey of the attitudes and perceptions of multidisciplinary team members towards family presence at bedside rounds in the intensive care unit

作者：Santiago Cecilia^*; Lazar Lorena; Jiang Depeng; Burns Karen E A

来源：Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 2014, 30(1): 13-21.

DOI：10.1016/j.iccn.2013.06.003

• Family presence
• Bedside rounds

Objective: To describe the attitudes and perceptions of intensive care unit (ICU) staff [critical care physicians and fellows (MDs), registered nurses (RNs), allied health discipline (HD) and managers] towards family presence at bedside rounds.
Research methodology: We developed, tested and administered a questionnaire to the multidisciplinary staff.
Setting: 24-Bed medical surgical ICU.
Results: 160/221 (72.4%) individuals responded, including 12 MDs, 95 RNs, 48 HD personnel, 4 managers and 1 unspecified. While most MDs strongly agreed and HD and management groups somewhat agreed, most RNs strongly disagreed with providing family members the option to attend rounds. Over 50% of respondents either strongly or somewhat agreed that the presence of family members prolongs rounds, reduces the medical education provided to the team and constrains delivery of negative medical information. Compared to MDs, RNs expressed greater reservation to family presence at rounds. Among RNs, more experienced RNs, expressed greater reservation with family presence during rounds.

• 出版日期2014-2