Generalities of the ICU and Working Principles

Paying attention to the family is one of the most important pillars of patient care, because the family is often responsible for supporting the patient. Families who are unable to cope with an ICU intensive care unit may experience an emotional crisis and experience reactions of shock, anger, frustration, anxiety, and depression, especially during the first 72 hours of hospitalization. Show themselves. In some cases, they even experience more stress than patients.The most important need of families when visiting hospitals is to ensure adequate patient care and information about the patient, prognosis and treatment process. The need for convenience has also been cited by families as the least important need. Each member of the health care team should support the patient's family members in coping with and coping with the stressful situation. Assessing the needs of the family and performing the necessary interventions to meet these needs in times of crisis is effective in reducing the anxiety of the patient's family members.Special wards for patients are considered as stressful environments due to invasive medical and nursing procedures.

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Dr. Behnam MahmoodiyehProfessor Assistente de Anestesiologia e Cuidados Críticos, Fellowship of Critical Care Medicine, FCCM, Arak Medical University, Irão Nasibeh Ramezan Nejad Mestre de Enfermagem, Cuidados Intensivos Fereydun Kenar, Basij Boulevard, entre Pasdaran I e II, Irão Athar Minaei Perito em enfermagem, Universidade Islâmica Azad de Larestan, Fars Provinc