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Support and reassurance needs: strategies for practice.

M A Halm

    Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America
    |December 1, 1992
    PubMed
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    Family needs for support are crucial during critical illness. Critical care nurses can provide social support, potentially improving patient recovery outcomes.

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    Area of Science:

    • Nursing
    • Family Care
    • Critical Illness Management

    Background:

    • Family needs are paramount during critical illness, with support and personal needs identified as key categories.
    • During initial critical care, focus may shift to immediate patient needs, but family support needs become apparent as the stress of the illness experience impacts them.
    • Critical care nurses play a vital role in addressing these emergent family support needs.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To highlight the importance of social support for families of critically ill patients.
    • To explore the role of critical care nurses in providing this support.
    • To suggest the potential impact of family support on patient recovery.

    Main Methods:

    • Empirical validation of family need categories (support and personal needs).
    • Description of critical care nursing interventions for family support (assessment, counseling, support groups).
    • Discussion of the hypothesized link between family support and patient outcomes.

    Main Results:

    • Support and personal needs are empirically validated as critical for families during critical illness.
    • Social support can be provided by critical care nurses through various interventions.
    • A positive influence of family support on patient recovery is generally believed, though not empirically tested.

    Conclusions:

    • Family support needs are significant and emerge during critical illness.
    • Critical care nurses are positioned to offer essential social support to families.
    • Enhanced family support may positively influence patient recovery from critical illness.

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