Spirituality and Support for Family Presence During Invasive Procedures and Resuscitations in Adults

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Baumhover ◽  
Linda Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Physician Assistants ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Invasive Procedures ◽  
Family Presence ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Spirituality Assessment ◽  
Family Centered

Background Many health care professionals believe that they provide holistic care. The role of spirituality, a known variable of holism, has not been explored in relation to the support among health care professionals for family presence during invasive procedures and resuscitative efforts in adults.Objective To determine the relationship between spirituality of health care professionals and their support for family presence during invasive procedures and resuscitative efforts in adults.Methods In this descriptive correlational study, 108 participants (physicians, physician assistants, and nurses) completed the Howden Spirituality Assessment Scale and a survey to measure their support for family presence.Results A significant positive relationship was found between spirituality and support for family presence during resuscitative efforts in adults (r = 0.24, P = .05) and a significant negative correlation was found between support for family presence and the age of the health care professional (r = − 0.27, P = .01). No significant correlations were found between any of the study variables and invasive procedures in adults.Conclusions Adopting a more holistic perspective may support family presence, especially during resuscitative efforts in adults. Allowing the option for patients’ families to remain present promotes holistic family-centered care.

The Role of the NNP in Facilitating Family-Centered Care

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Bowen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nurse Practitioner ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Certificate Programs ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Effective Part ◽  
Family Centered ◽  
Limited Scope

THE NEONATAL NURSE practitioner (NNP) has come a long way since the 1970s. A profession that was once educated in certificate programs is now one in which each nurse practitioner is master’s prepared. The practitioner role has evolved from one of limited scope to its form as originally intended—an effective part of the collaborative team. The neonatal nurse practitioner collaborates not only with a physician, but with the entire NICU staff and family members. NNPs are excellent examples of the health care team approach that combines educated, research-based care with compassionate family-centered objectives.

Supporting Siblings & Their Families During Intensive Baby Care

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-64
Author(s):  
Linda Rector
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Family Centered Care ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
Neonatal Problems ◽  
Family Centered

Most health care professionals who work with neonates in the hospital setting acknowledge the benefits of family-centered care. Textbooks and journal articles that focus on neonatal problems usually include a section on the importance of supporting parents through this stressful time. Strategies for including siblings in the NICU are found in a sidebar or in a few short paragraphs, as afterthoughts in the big picture of family-centered care.

scholarly journals Outcomes Comparison of Enculturating Advance Directives Process at a Health System

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 237796081982822
Author(s):  
Rose Allen ◽  
Tanya M. Cohn ◽  
Christine Edozie ◽  
Susan Howard ◽  
Patricia R. McCrink
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Shared Decision ◽  
Do Not Resuscitate ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Family Centered

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires organizations to comply with the Patient Self-Determination Act by having processes that inform patients about their rights to execute an advance directive (AD) and engage in shared decision-making. The aim of this study was to compare AD data from a previous study (1999–2002) to a postenculturation (2011–2015) of a structured process for documented patient’s preferences. Second, to conduct a descriptive, bivariate analysis of the enculturated structured ADs process during 2011 and 2015. This descriptive, comparative analysis included 500 random patients from four hospitals, and the enculturated descriptive analysis included 302 patients from six hospitals. Comparisons showed less no ADs and a greater institutional ADs post compared with pre ( p < .05). Fifty-four percent of patients from 2011 to 2015 had an AD, and none of them had resuscitative measures when Do-Not-Resuscitate status was ordered. This enculturated process which includes education for health-care professionals and the community facilitates optimal patient, family-centered care.

scholarly journals Health Care Professionals Beliefs and Perceptions on Family-centered Care in the NICU

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
D Vittner ◽  
M Parker ◽  
S DeMeo ◽  
A Baxter ◽  
J McGrath
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Family Centered Care ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Family Centered

Factors That Influence NICU Health Care Professionals' Decision Making to Implement Family-Centered Care

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy Vittner ◽  
Stephen DeMeo ◽  
Jaxon Vallely ◽  
Mary Parker ◽  
Anna Baxter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Family Centered Care ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Family Centered
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