Construction of a Manual for Family Members and Visitors of Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit
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https://doi.org/10.36489/nursing.2026v31i332p12540-12563Keywords:
Humanization, Reception, Families, Intensive care unit, Pandemic, Covid-19Abstract
Objective: to create a manual for family members and visitors of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a public teaching hospital. Method: methodological design study. The development of the product consisted of three stages: an integrative literature review; construction of the manual and content validation by experts. It was approved by the local ethics committee, with substantiated opinion number 4,190,568. Results: the scientific evidence demonstrated in the knowledge synthesis was specified in the manual. The final version of the manual can be accessed via the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DDI6kKKblFTgAQAK49Jw_KAmmdI4Bvd8/view?usp=sharing. Conclusion: the manual prepared in digital format was built based on the scientific evidence demonstrated by the synthesis of knowledge from the integrative literature review. The applicability of the manual enables a humanized welcome to visitors and provides conditions for in-person and virtual guidance by the healthcare team.
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