title: Visitor and nurse satisfaction with a visitation policy change in critical care units.
abstract: Studies have addressed the visitation needs of visitors and patients and the impact of visitation policies on nurses, but few studies compare the level of satisfaction between visitors and nurses when visitation policies change. The objectives of this study were to investigate whether a more liberal intensive care unit visitation policy satisfactorily met the needs and expectations of visitors and nurses.
authors.affiliation: Department at East Tennessee State University, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramsey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cathelyn
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gugliotta
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Glenn
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014789:Visitors to Patients / Q000523:psychology*