Abstract

DUQUE DELGADO, Laura; RINCON ELVIRA, Encarnación Elena  and  LEON GOMEZ, Victoria Eugenia. Emotional support of the families to the patients in Intensive Care Units: literature review. Ene. [online]. 2020, vol.14, n.3, e14308.  Epub Apr 05, 2021. ISSN 1988-348X.

The isolation of critical patient regarding his family in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), has implications for both, being fundamental the emotional support of family for patient recovery.

Being able to conclude that the UCI is one of the areas where more stress is generated due to the amount of stressful factors for the patients and their family. Despite this, the needs of the family are neglected by nurses, neglecting sometimes the emotional support that these relatives need when their relative is admitted.

In addition, the family involvement in patient care provides emotional support to the patient and reduces the suffering of this, thus reducing the psychological symptoms that may appear.

Keywords : critical patient; critical care nurse; Intensive Care Unit (ICU); relatives of critically ill patients; emotional support.

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