You are a staff nurse caring for a patient in a critical care unit. The unit policy limits visitors . Question
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You are a staff nurse caring for a patient in a critical care unit. The unit policy limits visitors to 10 minutes in the evening hours. You find yourself needing to frequently “bend the rules” because some families and their critically ill loved ones want to spend more time together, and they want more flexibility to visit.
A systematic review of both quantitative and qualitative evidence related to visitation in critical care units came to these conclusions:
Flexible visiting hours are preferable to patients’ families.
Family members want to be close to the patient, speak to the physician every day, and have access to healthcare professionals with information to give them.
Nurses understand that flexible visiting hours can be beneficial. Still, they can impede workflow and increase workload. Nurses want to control the policy.
Hospital administrators should consider the nurses’ beliefs and attitudes when they create visiting policies.
What are system-level barriers to evidence implementation?
What are evidence-based strategies that enhance evidence uptake at both the individual and system levels?
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You are a staff nurse caring for a patient in a critical care unit. The unit policy limits visitors
