title: [The caring of family members in the intensive care units from the Jean Watson perspective].
abstract: This article presents a brief reflection on the caring of families in the Intensive Care Units. To address this issue, Jean Watson, one of the most important theoreticians on nursing of our days, has been taken as a reference. Watson was chosen because it is possible to understand perfectly the need to contemplate the family within the holistic care of critical patients from his theory. Thus, it is proposed to carry out an investigation that studies the care of the family members of the critical patient based on the idea of Watson's caring theory. To understand this approach, the theory of caring is analyzed and evaluated according to the guide produced by McEwen in 2007.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, Navarra, España. mvazca@unav.es
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vázquez Calatayud
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Eseverri Azcoiti
mesh_terms: D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009732:Nursing Care; D009742:Nursing Theory