Accompanying critically ill relatives in emergency departments Redley, Bernice, Beanland, C. and Botti, Mari 2003, Accompanying critically ill relatives in emergency departments, Journal of advanced nursing, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 88-98, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02771.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Accompanying critically ill relatives in emergency departments Author(s) Redley, Bernice orcid.org/0000-0002-2376-3989 Beanland, C. Botti, Mari orcid.org/0000-0002-2782-0987 Journal name Journal of advanced nursing Volume number 44 Issue number 1 Start page 88 End page 98 Publisher Blackwell Publishing Ltd Place of publication Oxford, England Publication date 2003-09-03 ISSN 0309-2402 1365-2648 Keyword(s) family needs critical illness systematic review emergency department research methodology nurses Summary Background. Family members are a crucial part of the holistic approach to care in emergency departments. In particular, they are a group who are vulnerable, yet have been overlooked when considering care options. Aim. The primary aim of this systematic review was to appraise research relevant to identifying and meeting the needs of family members who accompany a critically ill person into the Emergency Department (ED). The information was intended to inform future research into the care of these people. Method. A quality assessment strategy was specifically developed to evaluate the various research designs used. The outcomes of the highest quality studies were used to develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to inform clinicians caring for family members who accompany a critically ill person into the ED. Results. Recommendations for family care drawn from this review provide the foundation for more rigorous methodologies in future research into this topic. Key findings concern family needs for communication, proximity, support, comfort, assurance and to locate meaning in the event. Conclusion. The review has revealed current knowledge about the care of family members who accompany a critically ill person into the ED that provides guidelines for practice. Despite significant limitations, the knowledge can lead to recommendation to guide and inform future intervention research. Language eng DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02771.x Field of Research 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2003, Blackwell Publishing Ltd Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30006462 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 04 Jun 2013, 11:19:05 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 07:58:00 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 14:15:33 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 16 times in TR Web of Science Cited 22 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1261 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 31 Jul 2008, 10:39:03 EST