%0 Journal Article
%J Critical Care Nurse
%D 2002
%T Family-Centered Critical Care: A Practical Approach to Making It Happen
%A Henneman, Elizabeth
%A Cardin, Suzette
%K care delivery
%N 6
%P 12-19
%U http://ccn.aacnjournals.org/cgi/content/full/22/6/12
%V 22
%X The needs of family members of critically ill patients are well established: the need for information, the need for reassurance and support, and the need to be near the patient. Despite a wealth of evidence supporting these basic needs, many critical care units continue to struggle with implementing or maintaining family-centered critical care. Family-centered care moves beyond a theoretical recognition of the centrality of patients? family members in healthcare. A family-focused unit views a patient?s family as the unit to be cared for and organizes care delivery around the patient?s family, as opposed to the more traditional patient-centered model.
%8 12/2002