Patient and family engagement in Danish intensive care units: A national survey
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Patient and family engagement in Danish intensive care units : A national survey. / Collet, Marie Oxenbøll; Albertsen, Helle; Egerod, Ingrid.
In: Nursing in Critical Care, Vol. 29, No. 3, 2024, p. 614-621.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Patient and family engagement in Danish intensive care units
T2 - A national survey
AU - Collet, Marie Oxenbøll
AU - Albertsen, Helle
AU - Egerod, Ingrid
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Nursing in Critical Care published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Association of Critical Care Nurses.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Background: Patient and family engagement in the intensive care unit increases the quality of care and patient safety. Aim: The aim of our study was to describe current practice and experiences of contemporary patient and family engagement in the intensive care unit at the individual level, the organizational level, and in the research process according to critical care nurses. Design/Method: We conducted a national qualitative survey of intensive care units in Denmark from 5th May–5th June 2021. Questionnaires were piloted and sent to intensive care nurse specialists and research nurses at 41 intensive care units, allowing one respondent per unit. All respondents were provided with written information about the study by email, and by activating the survey link, they accepted participation. Results: Thirty-two nurses responded to the invitation, 24 completed and 8 partially completed the survey, yielding a response rate of 78%. At the individual level, 27 respondents stated that they involved patients and 25 said they involved family in daily treatment and care. At the organizational level, 28 intensive care units had an overall strategy or guideline for patient and family engagement, and 4 units had established a PFE panel. And, finally, 11 units engaged patients and families in the research process. Conclusions: Our survey suggested that patient and family engagement was implemented to some degree at the individual level, organizational level, and in the research process, but only 4 units had established a PFE panel at the organizational level, which is key to engagement. Relevance to Clinical Practice: Patient engagement increases when patients are more awake, and family engagement increases when patients are unable to participate. Engagement increases when patient and family engagement panels are implemented.
AB - Background: Patient and family engagement in the intensive care unit increases the quality of care and patient safety. Aim: The aim of our study was to describe current practice and experiences of contemporary patient and family engagement in the intensive care unit at the individual level, the organizational level, and in the research process according to critical care nurses. Design/Method: We conducted a national qualitative survey of intensive care units in Denmark from 5th May–5th June 2021. Questionnaires were piloted and sent to intensive care nurse specialists and research nurses at 41 intensive care units, allowing one respondent per unit. All respondents were provided with written information about the study by email, and by activating the survey link, they accepted participation. Results: Thirty-two nurses responded to the invitation, 24 completed and 8 partially completed the survey, yielding a response rate of 78%. At the individual level, 27 respondents stated that they involved patients and 25 said they involved family in daily treatment and care. At the organizational level, 28 intensive care units had an overall strategy or guideline for patient and family engagement, and 4 units had established a PFE panel. And, finally, 11 units engaged patients and families in the research process. Conclusions: Our survey suggested that patient and family engagement was implemented to some degree at the individual level, organizational level, and in the research process, but only 4 units had established a PFE panel at the organizational level, which is key to engagement. Relevance to Clinical Practice: Patient engagement increases when patients are more awake, and family engagement increases when patients are unable to participate. Engagement increases when patient and family engagement panels are implemented.
KW - critical care nursing
KW - intensive care unit
KW - involvement
KW - paediatric
KW - patient and family engagement
U2 - 10.1111/nicc.12947
DO - 10.1111/nicc.12947
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37402590
AN - SCOPUS:85164310260
VL - 29
SP - 614
EP - 621
JO - Nursing in Critical Care
JF - Nursing in Critical Care
SN - 1362-1017
IS - 3
ER -
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