Clinician perceptions of the impact of ICU family visiting restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international investigation.

Purpose: To guarantee the safety of the public, clinicians and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital visits were severely restricted internationally. There are limited data on the precise impact of these visiting restrictions on Intensive Care Unit clinicians. Our objectives therefore were to explore the impact of family visitation restrictions on clinicians and care delivery and describe innovation alongside areas for potential improvement.

Satisfaction of intensive care unit patients linked to clinical and organisational factors: A cross-sectional multicentre study.

Background: The satisfaction of critical care patients with the nursing care they receive is a key indicator of the quality of hospital care.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to analyse the level of satisfaction of critical care patients in relation to the nursing care received and to determine the relationship between the level of satisfaction and sociodemographic, clinical, and organisational variables.

Design: This was a prospective, descriptive correlational study.

Impact of a Nurse-Driven Patient Empowerment Intervention on the Reduction in Patients' Anxiety and Depression During ICU Discharge: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Objectives: To assess the impact of a nurse-driven patient empowerment intervention on anxiety and depression of patients during ICU discharge.

Design: A prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical trial.

Setting: Three ICUs (1 medical, 1 medical and surgical, and 1 coronary) of three tertiary hospitals.

Psychometric properties of the Nursing Intensive Care Satisfaction Scale: A multicentre cross-sectional study.

Background: Patient satisfaction with nursing care is an indicator of patient satisfaction with the hospital stay in general. The Nursing Intensive Care Satisfaction Scale is the only scale about patient satisfaction with nursing care received in an intensive care unit that incorporates the critically ill patient's perspective into its design and validation. We validated the scale nationally, incorporating intensive care units at public and private hospitals of different levels of complexity in Spain.

Nursing Interventions for Patient Empowerment during Intensive Care Unit Discharge: A Systematic Review.

Intensive care unit discharge is an important transition that impacts a patient's wellbeing. Nurses can play an essential role in this scenario, potentiating patient empowerment. A systematic review was conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (the PRISMA Statement.

Lived Experiences of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Qualitative Study.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many hospitalized patients and deaths worldwide. Coronavirus patients were isolated from their relatives and visits were banned to prevent contagion. This has brought about a significant change in deeply rooted care habits in Mediterranean and Latin American countries where the family normally accompanies vulnerable hospitalized patients.

Patients' experience while transitioning from the intensive care unit to a ward.

Background: Intensive care unit (ICU) patients can experience emotional distress and post-traumatic stress disorder when they leave the ICU, also referred to as post-intensive care syndrome. A deeper understanding of what patients go through and what they need while they are transitioning from the ICU to the general ward may provide input on how to strengthen patient-centred care and, ultimately, contribute to a positive experience.

Aim: To describe the patients' experience while transitioning from the ICU to a general ward.

Mixed-method research protocol: Development and evaluation of a nursing intervention in patients discharged from the intensive care unit.

Aim: (a) To understand patients' lived experience at intensive care unit (ICU) discharge and (b) to evaluate the impact of a nursing empowerment intervention (NEI) on patients' anxiety and depression levels at ICU discharge.

Design: A mixed-methods approach will be applied.

Methods: In the qualitative phase, the hermeneutic phenomenological method will be used.

Experiences of nursing students as healthcare aid during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain: A phemonenological research study.

Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a worldwide health and social crisis directly impacting the healthcare system. Hospitals had to rearrange its structure to meet clinical needs. Spain has been experiencing a shortage of working nurses.

Spanish version of the Satisfaction with Epilepsy Care questionnaire: Adaptation and psychometric properties.

Objective: The objective of this study was to perform a cross-cultural adaption and psychometric evaluation of the Spanish version of the Satisfaction with Epilepsy Care (SEC) questionnaire and analyze patient satisfaction with epilepsy care.

Methods: Transcultural adaptation and validation of the SEC were carried out using translation and back-translation with pilot testing and an expert panel. The SEC-E (Spanish) was analyzed in 213 patients with epilepsy to examine construct and criterion validity and internal consistency.