Caring for the bereaved is an intrinsic part of intensive care practice with family bereavement support an important aspect of the nursing role at end of life. However, reporting on provision of intensive care family bereavement support at a national level has not been well reported since an Australian paper published ten years ago.The objective was to investigate provision of family bereavement support in intensive care units (ICU) across New Zealand (NZ) and Australia.A cross-sectional exploratory descriptive web-based survey was used. All ICUs [public/private, neonatal/pediatrics/adults] were included. The survey was distributed to one nursing leader from each identified ICU (n=229; 188 in Australia, 41 in NZ). Internal validity of the survey was established through piloting. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. Ethical approval was received by the ethics committees of two universities.One-hundred and fifty-three (67
作者:Marion, Mitchell;Maureen, Coombs;Krista, Wetzig
来源:Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses 2016 年