A personal reflection: critical care family communication.
Having a child hospitalized in a pediatric intensive care unit is very frightening and stressful for the parents. This second of a 2-part article discusses the development of "The Family Survival Guide to the Intensive Care Unit." This article is meant as a resource for critical care nurses.
Lilly
Mark
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Family Advisory Council, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Portland, Oregon, USA. mlilly@insight-communication.net
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