How you&your Family are perceived is directly linked to the care your critically ill loved one is receiving in ICU
Published: Tue, 11/05/13
instantly improve the lives of Families of critically ill Patients
in Intensive Care, so that you can have real power, real control
and so that you can influence decision making, even if you're
not a doctor or a nurse in Intensive Care!
In last week's blog I showed you "What you need to do in
the first few hours after your loved one has been admitted to
Intensive Care" and if you haven't read, watched or
listened to the update, you can check it out here.
In this week's blog I want to talk about "How you and your
Family are perceived is directly linked to the care your critically
ill loved one is receiving or not receiving in Intensive Care".
After having worked with thousands of Patients and Families in
Intensive Care in 15 years Intensive Care Nursing, it has given me
tremendous insight into the world of Intensive Care and I have
learned many valuable lessons. One of the biggest lessons that I
have learned in Intensive Care is that "what you see is often
not what you get".
(http://intensivecarehotline.com/how-to-make-sure-that-what-you-see-is-always-what-you-get-whilst-your-loved-one-is-critically-ill-in-intensive-care/).
This is sad but true and more often than not, the treatment and the
care and even the prognosis and diagnosis of your critically ill
loved one is dependent on how you and your Family are perceived by
the Intensive Care team.
Let me say that again, because it's very important that you
understand...
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