Implementing the SCCM Family-Centered Care Guidelines in Critical Care Nursing Practice

Maureen Coombs; Kathleen A Puntillo; Linda S Franck; Elizabeth A Scruth; Maurene A Harvey; Sandra M Swoboda; Judy E Davidson

doi:10.4037/aacnacc2017766

Implementing the SCCM Family-Centered Care Guidelines in Critical Care Nursing Practice

AACN Adv Crit Care. 2017 Summer;28(2):138-147. doi: 10.4037/aacnacc2017766.

Authors

Maureen Coombs¹, Kathleen A Puntillo¹, Linda S Franck¹, Elizabeth A Scruth¹, Maurene A Harvey¹, Sandra M Swoboda¹, Judy E Davidson¹

Affiliation

¹ Maureen Coombs is Professor, Clinical Nursing, The Graduate School of Nursing Midwifery and Health, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand (mo.coombs@vuw.ac.nz). Kathleen A. Puntillo is Professor Emeritus and Research Scientist, Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California. Linda S. Franck is Jack and Elaine Koehn Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California. Elizabeth A. Scruth is Clinical Practice Consultant, Regional Quality and Regulatory Services, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California. Maurene A. Harvey is a Critical Care Educator and Consultant, Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Sandra M. Swoboda is Research Program Coordinator/Simulation Educator, Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine and Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland. Judy E. Davidson is Evidence-Based Practice and Research Nurse Liaison, University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, California.

PMID: 28592473
DOI: 10.4037/aacnacc2017766

Abstract

Family-centered care is an important component of holistic nursing practice, particularly in critical care, where the impact on families of admitted patients can be physiologically and psychologically burdensome. Family-centered care guidelines, developed by an international group of nursing, medical, and academic experts for the American College of Critical Care Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine, explore the evidence base in 5 key areas of family-centered care. Evidence in each of the guideline areas is outlined and recommendations are made about how critical care nurses can use this information in family-centered care practice.

Keywords: critical care; family-centered care; intensive care; nursing.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Critical Care / standards*
Critical Care Nursing / standards*
Family Nursing / standards*
Female
Humans
Intensive Care Units / standards*
Male
Middle Aged
Patient-Centered Care / standards*
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
United States