Case Study You are a staff nurse caring for a patient in a critical…

Question Answered step-by-step Case Study You are a staff nurse caring for a patient in a critical… Case Study You are a staff nurse caring for a patient in a critical care unit. The unit policy limits visitors to 10 minutes on the even hours. You find yourself needing to frequently “bend the rules” because some families and their critically ill loved ones want to spend more time together and they want more flexibility to visit. A systematic review of both quantitative and qualitative evidence related to visitation in critical care units came to these conclusions (Ciufo, Hader, & Holly, 2011): • Flexible visiting hours are preferable to patients’ families.• Families want to be close to the patient, be able to speak to the physician every day, and have access to health-care professionals with information to give them. • Nurses understand that flexible visiting hours can be beneficial, but they can impede workflow and increase workload. Nurses want to control the policy. • Hospital administrators should consider the nurses’ beliefs and attitudes when they create visiting policies.1. Given the evidence of visiting hours and the evidence related to individual and system level implementation of evidence, what are the key issues related to implementing appropriate visitation policies? 2. What might be key individual barriers to evidence implementation? 3. What are system-level barriers to evidence implementation?4. What are evidence-based strategies that enhance evidence uptake at both the individual and system level? 5. How might you design an evidence-implementation strategy to overcome barriers and maximize facilitators of evidence uptake? Health Science Science Nursing NUR 427 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)