Nurses' perceptions of open visiting hours in neuroscience intensive care unit

A quality improvement project was undertaken by Neuro-ICU nurses to determine possible effects from open visitation. From a quality improvement perspective, nurses' concerns were investigated along with their perceptions about open visitation to determine a need for visitation policy revision....

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Published inJournal of nursing care quality Vol. 20; no. 2; p. 182
Main Authors Livesay, Sarah, Gilliam, Alicia, Mokracek, Marilyn, Sebastian, Sherly, Hickey, Joanne V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.2005
Subjects
Attitude of Health Personnel
Humans
Intensive Care Units - organization & administration
Nervous System Diseases - nursing
Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology
Organizational Policy
Professional-Family Relations
Texas
Visitors to Patients
Texas
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Summary:A quality improvement project was undertaken by Neuro-ICU nurses to determine possible effects from open visitation. From a quality improvement perspective, nurses' concerns were investigated along with their perceptions about open visitation to determine a need for visitation policy revision. Vast variability in nurses' interpretation and implementation of individualized open visitation policy suggested a need for the following: staff education about the policy and its implementation, a review of the literature to determine the validity of concerns about deleterious physiologic effects on neuroscience patients from visitation, and improved communication among nurses about visitation.
ISSN:1057-3631
DOI:10.1097/00001786-200504000-00015