Relatives' and Intensive Care Unit Personnel's Perspectives of Care in Organ Donation: Protocol for a Multiple Methods Study.

Background: In organ donation from deceased donors, the interaction between the donor's relatives and intensive care personnel is an important factor. The organ donation (OD) process is complex, and patients' relatives play a vital role. Intensive care professionals need knowledge about how relatives perceive and experience the process to create a caring environment and support them throughout.

Family involvement in the intensive care unit in four Nordic countries.

Background: Relevance to clinical practice The findings from the study highlighting family involvement, high-quality communication and flexible visiting policy as central aspects of family care may inspire clinicians to identify aspects of everyday family care in their ICUs calling for further improvement.

Aims And Objectives: To describe family involvement, communication practices and visiting policies in adult ICUs.

Design: A cross-sectional survey.

Conditions and strategies to meet the challenges imposed by the COVID-19-related visiting restrictions in the intensive care unit: A Scandinavian cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To examine conditions and strategies to meet the challenges imposed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related visiting restrictions in Scandinavian intensive care units.

Research Methodology/design: A cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Adult intensive care units in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Psychometric testing of the Norwegian version of the questionnaire Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit (FS-ICU-24).

Introduction: The questionnaire, Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit (FS-ICU-24), was developed to assess relatives' satisfaction with care and involvement in decision-making processes when a close family member stays in the ICU.

Aim: This study was aimed at describing the translation and exploring the psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the questionnaire.

Methods: The study design was a cross-sectional survey.

Family members' satisfaction with care and decision-making in intensive care units and post-stay follow-up needs-a cross-sectional survey study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore family members' satisfaction with care and decision-making during the intensive care units stay and their follow-up needs after the patient's discharge or death.

Design: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted.

Methods: Family members of patients recently treated in an ICU were participating.

Family members' lived experiences of everyday life after intensive care treatment of a loved one: a phenomenological hermeneutical study.

Aims And Objectives: To illuminate relatives' experiences of everyday life after a loved one's stay in an intensive care unit.

Background: Relatives of intensive care patients experience considerable stress that can have a long-lasting effect on their everyday lives. Relatives frequently report anxiety, depression and complicated grief as a result of their experiences in the intensive care unit.

Family members' experiences of being cared for by nurses and physicians in Norwegian intensive care units: a phenomenological hermeneutical study.

Objectives: When patients are admitted to intensive care units, families are affected. This study aimed to illuminate the meaning of being taken care of by nurses and physicians for relatives in Norwegian intensive care units.

Research Methodology/design: Thirteen relatives of critically ill patients treated in intensive care units in southern Norway were interviewed in autumn 2013.