Personal reflection: critical-care visitation and the headache that follows.
Critical-care nurses, as well as other nurses, face ethical, moral, and legal issues often in their units. In some cases, the issue may cause conflict between the patient, the patient's family, and health care providers, including nurses. One possible area of conflict is critical-care visitation. This article describes visitation in critical-care units as well as possible outcomes and solutions.
California State University, San Bernardino, USA. Nijhenee@yahoo.com
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