Article A2453
Author(s): Cindy Wilk, PhD, APRN-CNS, CCRN-K, CNE, and Amy Petrinec, PhD, RN
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Topics: Family-Centered Care
Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes
During intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization, family members have an opportunity to participate in caregiving for the patient to learn skills that facilitate recovery. In addition to helping to meet the patient’s needs after discharge, family caregiving in the ICU can have positive effects on the caregiver such as improving adaptation to the situation and alleviating symptoms of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress (collectively known as post–intensive care syndrome–family, or PICS-F). Most family members want to be involved in caregiving in the ICU, but the extent of that desired involvement varies. Surveys used in the reported studies lack clarity and comprehensiveness and were not thoroughly evaluated for psychometric adequacy; therefore, we identified a need for an instrument with which to measure caregiving willingness of family members in the ICU.Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.
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