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Judy E Davidson1, Sidney Zisook1
1Judy E. Davidson is Evidence-Based Practice and Research Nurse Liaison, University of California, San Diego Health, 200 W Arbor Drive 8929, San Diego, CA 92103 (jdavidson@ucsd.edu). Sidney Zisook is Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, and San Diego Veteran's Administration Health Care System, San Diego, California.
The Society of Critical Care Medicine has released updated recommendations for care of the family in neonatal, pediatric, and adult intensive care units. Translation of the recommendations into practice may benefit from a supporting theoretical framework. Facilitated sensemaking is a mid-range theory built from the same literature that formed the basis for recommendations within the guidelines. The process of facilitated sensemaking may be used to help nurses adopt the SCCM recommendations into practice through the development of caring relationships, promoting family presence, teaching family engagement strategies, and supporting families with communication, information gathering, and participation in decision-making.
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