Research Objective Result

Family Participation in the
Nursing Care of the
Hospitalized Patients.
[CITATION Sha14 \l 1033 ]
This study was conducted to
assess why family members
partake in caregiving of their
patients in hospitals, the type
of care that family provide,
and the outcomes of the
participation in the opinions
of nurses and family
members
The patients received more
unskilled and non-
professional nursing care
from their family members.
Most of the nurses and
families believed that family
participation is both
voluntary and compulsory.
The shortage of personnel in
different categories of
nursing and speeding up the
patient-related affairs were
the most important outcome
of the participation, from the
nurses’ viewpoint was
speeding up the patient-
related affairs and from the
side of the family members,
it was the patients’ feeling of
satisfaction from the
presence of one of their
relatives beside them.

Family members’ Family can play a vital role in
involvement in the care of promoting the overall well-
critically being of the critically ill
ill patients in two intensive patient. Despite this positive
care units in an acute attribute, some nurses, for
hospital in Bahrain: The various reasons are hesitant
experiences and perspectives to include family in patient
of family members’ and care. The study explored
nurses’ - A qualitative family members and nurses’
study[CITATION Ema1 \l 1033 perspectives and experiences
] of family involvement in
caring for patients in
intensive care units. The
objectives were to describe
both nurses and family
members’ perspectives and
experiences of family
involvement in care.
A central finding was that
overall critical care nurses
were reluctant to involve
family in care, despite the
fact that generally family
members were willing to
participate in care. Themes
that were common to both
participant groups were that
caring practices and active
communication were central
to quality patient care. Both
groups agreed that kinship
roles and relationships were
pivotal to caring practices
and enabled a sense of
security and reassurance for
family and patients. Despite
the fact that nurses were
aware that family knowledge

The impact of interventions
that promote family
involvement in care on adult
acute-care wards: An
integrative review.
[ CITATION Mac181 \l 1033 ]
References:
Eman Ebrahim Fateel ∗ , Catherine Sarah O’Neill School of Nursing & Midwifery, Royal
College of Surgeons in Ireland, Bahrain
The aim of this integrative
review was to describe
interventions that have been
used to promote family
involvement in patient care
within adult acute care
wards.
of the patient made it
possible for them to
personalize patient care, they
were reluctant to have open
communication with family
members and to include
them in care. Instead they
favored policy development
to guide family involvement.
Eleven single centered
studies were included with
interventions designed to
improve functional capacity,
cognitive function, and
communication. Nurses were
involved in intervention
delivery for six of the 11
interventions. Outcomes of
interest included patient
outcomes (n = 8) and
intervention acceptability
and feasibility (n = 3).
Improved patient outcomes
were reported for seven
studies. Intervention design
and implementation were
generally poorly described.