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Revista Cuidarte
Print version ISSN 2216-0973On-line version ISSN 2346-3414
Abstract
SUAREZ, Edinson Fabian Ardila and HOLGUIN, Edith del Socorro Arredondo. Nursing care activities addressing family care needs in adult intensive care units: An integrative review. Rev Cuid [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.1, e1229. Epub May 19, 2021. ISSN 2216-0973. https://doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.1229.
Introduction
the intensive care unit is a hospital area where people with serious health conditions are cared for, however the complexity of care is not only given by this aspect but by the family's care needs; which must be seen as a unit; Currently, there is little literature on care interventions in this area because there is interdisciplinary work within it, requiring an approach to the empirical care that nursing performs in this setting.
Objective
to identify nursing care activities to satisfy family needs in adult intensive care units.
Methodology
an integrative review was carried out based on the Whittermore and Knafl parameters, of articles published between 2008 and 2018, in the databases: EBSCOhost, LILACS, MEDLINE, Science Direct, Scielo, Google Scholar and Cochrane Library, the results were organized according to the PRISMA declaration.
Results
16 articles derived from quantitative, qualitative and review research were included; which describe activities for the care of the adult family. The activities found are organized based on the proposal that Nancy Molter makes about the needs of Security, Information, proximity, comfort and support that the family presents in the intensive care unit.
Conclusion
taking care of the needs of the adult family in intensive care units allows the patient and his family to be encompassed as an integral and unitary being, in order to maintain family health and prevent crises in them.
Keywords : Intensive Care Units; Family Health; Nursing Care; Adult.