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Sep 12, 2022 · An environmental scan of hospital visitor policies taken just prior to the pandemic, revealed that 51% of hospitals were describing their ICU visitation policy as open, welcoming family and visitor presence at all times, and adjusting provider practice to accommodate unrestricted bedside presence of care partners (Milner et al., 2020).
- Suzanne Marmo, Jennifer Hirsch
- 2023
- 10.1007/s42972-022-00063-4
Apr 23, 2022 · In western tradition, only early in the 20th century did hospitals begin to allow visitors for paying patients. 1 Fifty years later, after the establishment of newborn intensive care units (NICUs), visitor policies appeared more familiar to those of modern day with limited visiting hours for all patients. 2 Additional restrictions for infection control is an established practice during ...
Oct 27, 2023 · Hospital policy that advocated visiting at the discretion of a unit or ward nurse manager led to variability and perceptions of inequitable access. Restricting family presence in hospitals causes harmful consequences for family members and negatively impacts their ability to cope (Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care, 2021 ).
Sep 2, 2021 · The Impact of Visitor Restrictions on Patient Care. Policies prohibiting or limiting family members and friends from visiting are meant to address public health and safety issues. However, the ...
Apr 20, 2022 · Nurses’ Perceptions of Licensure Compact Legislation to Facilitate Interstate Practice: Results From the 2022 Michigan Nurses’ Study, Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, (2023). https://doi ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in restrictions to visitation for hospitalised patients in order to limit the spread of COVID-19, organise care, and to reduce the use of personal protective equipment.5 6 Given the important role of family visitation and engagement in patient-centred and family-centred care,7 early evidence suggests that restricted visitation policies enacted in hospitals ...
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To deal with the positive and negative sides of remote visiting, nurses could ensure the quality of remote visiting by using knowledge gained through telemedicine. For example, proper device setting, lighting and noise management are all essential for better examinations in telemedicine, factors that could be applied to virtual meetings between hospitalized patients and family members.
