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Family Engagement and Empowerment: Care and Comfort of Critically Ill Infants and Children

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Video Summary

Stacey Williams, a nurse practitioner, discusses the importance of family-centered care in the context of critically ill infants and children. Family-centered care involves the integration and collaboration of family members with the patient care team, particularly for patients with complex or continuing healthcare needs. Key components of family-centered care include mutual respectful partnerships between the family, patient, and healthcare team, acknowledging the importance of families in the patient's life, allowing families to have input and ask questions in care, and recognizing the emotional, social, and developmental support required in healthcare. Ways to involve families include having them present during rounds, procedures, and CPR, as well as holding family conferences. Family presence enhances patient care by reducing stress, increasing trust and confidence, improving pain management, providing familiarity, offering motivation and support for early mobility and exercise, and ultimately leading to better health outcomes, resource allocation, and patient satisfaction.

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Pediatrics, Patient and Family Support, 2022

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The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress features internationally renowned faculty and content sessions highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine. This is a presentation from the 2022 Critical Care Congress held from April 18-21, 2022.

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Content Type Presentation

Knowledge Area Pediatrics

Knowledge Area Patient and Family Support

Knowledge Level Intermediate

Knowledge Level Advanced

Membership Level Select

Tag Pediatrics

Tag Education

Year 2022

Keywords

family-centered care

integration

collaboration

patient care team

family conferences

patient satisfaction

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