title: [The impact of the visit of nursing on the necessities of the host families of ICU].
abstract: Study of a quantitative approach that aimed to implement the Visiting Nurse ICU adult and check and meet the main needs for information and verbalized by host families. After approval of the CEP of the HU-USP was asked if the family would like to receive some information on the part of nursing. All family members wanted to receive information from nurses in three visits with each family. The themes of doubt among the most familiar were the patient's clinical state and discharged from the ICU. We found that the average number of questions decreased from the first to third visit. The Visiting Nurse attended the main needs of the host family information and answering your questions about the nursing care provided to patients. It was also observed that the doubts and anxieties of family members decreased during the day, emphasizing the need that contact of Nurses and Families.
authors.affiliation: Mestranda da Escola de Enfermagem da Universida de Grupo de São Paulo, Enfermeira Assistencial da Unidade de Terapia Intensiva do Hospital Universitario da Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brasil. rosemarques@usp.br
authors.forename: Rosemary Cristina Marques
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Simoni
authors.forename: Maria Júlia Paes da
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009732:Nursing Care