Should we allow children to visit ill parents in intensive care units? Your responses.
Should children be allowed to visit ill parents in the intensive care unit? This question was posed in the November/December 2006 issue of Dimensions of Critical Care Nurses. The responses of readers are presented in this article.
Miracle
Vickie A
VA
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, KY 40223, USA. vmiracle@aol.com
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D002666:Psychology, Child; D014789:Visitors to Patients / Q000523:psychology*