Nurses’ roles with families: Perceptions of ICU nurses

This descriptive survey examined: (a) differences between nurses’ ( N = 47) perceptions of self-performance and that of their colleagues with regard to their roles with family members of intensive care patients, and (b) the impact of nurses’ comfort on their role enactment as it relates to family fo...

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Published in:Intensive & critical care nursing 2007-02, Vol.23 (1), p.43-50
Main Authors: El-Masri, Maher M., Fox-Wasylyshyn, Susan M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitude to Death
Clinical Competence - standards
Critical Care - organization & administration
Critical Care - psychology
Family
Family - psychology
Family centred care
Family-Nurse relationships
Female
Humans
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units - organization & administration
Interprofessional Relations
Male
Middle Aged
Nurse's Role - psychology
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing Methodology Research
Nursing roles
Nursing Staff, Hospital - education
Nursing Staff, Hospital - organization & administration
Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology
Ontario
Peer Group
Perceptions
Professional-Family Relations
Prognosis
Role perceptions
Self Efficacy
Self image
Selfperception
Social Support
Statistics, Nonparametric
Surveys and Questionnaires
Work roles
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Summary:This descriptive survey examined: (a) differences between nurses’ ( N = 47) perceptions of self-performance and that of their colleagues with regard to their roles with family members of intensive care patients, and (b) the impact of nurses’ comfort on their role enactment as it relates to family focused interventions. Participants rated their self-performance higher than that of their colleagues with respect to 15 of the19 items, suggesting that they think they perform better than their colleagues. The results also showed that nurses’ comfort was positively correlated with their role enactment as it pertains to discussing patient prognosis ( r = .496; p < .001), explaining patient's equipment ( r = .43; p = .003), and discussing the possibility of death with family members ( r = .43; p = .003).
ISSN:0964-3397
1532-4036
DOI:10.1016/j.iccn.2006.07.003