Nurses' attitudes toward open visitation in critical care units
| dc.contributor.author | Newkirk, Trixie | |
| dc.contributor.committeeChair | Hughes, Oneida | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Nieswiadomy, Rose | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Byrd, Gloria | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-26T20:29:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-10-26T20:29:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1994-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study was an investigation of critical care nurses and their attitudes towards open visitation in relation to selected variables: age, educational level, shift worked, years of critical care experience, type of rooms in the unit, gender, unit worked on, past experience visiting an ill family member, patient/nurse ratio, and current practice of open visitation. The data were collected by self-report questionnaires from a sample of critical care nurses. The mean attitude of the sample was moderately positive towards open visitation. Four conclusions were made: (a) current practice of open visitation appears to be strongly related to positive attitudes toward open visitation, (b)ยท nurses with 6 to 15 years of experience are more likely to have positive attitudes toward open visitation, (c} nurses are more positive toward open visitation in units that have private and mixture patient rooms, and (d) 3:1 patient/nurse ratios foster positive attitudes towards open visitation. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11274/13379 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Open visitation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nurse attitude | en_US |
| dc.subject | Critical care | en_US |
| dc.title | Nurses' attitudes toward open visitation in critical care units | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| thesis.degree.college | College of Nursing | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Nursing | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas Woman's University | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Master | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science | en_US |