Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Corso di laurea in infermieristica - Sede di Modena
| Thesis Title | Taking charge of the family of the Intensive Care patient on the care model of the Family-Centered Care |
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| Name | Santosuosso Ida |
| Supervisor(s) | Girardis Massimo, Palazzolo Cristian |
| Academic Year | 2017/18 |
| Thesis type | Research thesis |
Abstract
The purpose of this work is displaying the theoretical basis proper of the so-called “Family-Centered Care” assistive model by means of the study and the revision of a large scientific literature. This model lays the foundation for the important task of taking charge of the patient’s family in Intensive Care Units. Its core principles and its desired outcomes – both as concerns the patients’ circle and the healthcare professional’s – represent two important aspects that are going to be investigated throughout the study.
The true aim of the whole dissertation is that of developing a useful tool providing successful guidelines for the assistance of critic hospitalized patients’ families and for their involvement in the user’s own health process. By pointing out the perspectives of some witnesses belonging to the healthcare professionals and to the patients’ families it is easy to highlight the strengths and the positive outcomes of this approach, and furthermore it is possible to propose a potential parallel experiment in Italian health agencies.
At the same time this work tries to fill a little niche inside the traditional know-how typical of healthcare professionals concerning the three-dimensional relationship among nurse-patient-family present inside ICUs. Indeed, the modern medicine’s holistic system suggests a totally renewed concept of healthcare that focuses on the patient, it puts him at the centre of everything. Nevertheless, many health agencies still ignore this vision, especially regarding the bond between the nurse and the client’s family.
The final document results from a study of mixed sources that are to be found in scientific articles and manuals present in the University Library, on-line and in databases.