The influence of nurse characteristics on practice skills and attitudes towards working with families in critical care: A regression analysis.

Objectives: The study aimed to identify nurse characteristics that influence their self-perceived practice skills in working with families and their attitudes towards engaging families in adult and neonatal intensive care units.

Research Methodology/design: Secondary data analysis using a descriptive, cross-sectional design.

Setting: An online survey was completed by 256 nurses from six adult intensive (73% response rate) and two neonatal intensive and one intermediate care unit (27% response rate) in a Swiss, university affiliated hospital.