Communication Needs of Family Members with a Relative in Intensive Care Unit
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The communication needs of family members with a relative in the ICU, needs of family members; prioritise those needs and who met those needs. with earlier studies where family members placed hope and trusts on the health care givers as top priority. An important outcome of this study is the importance of good communication skills for nurses to relay information needs of family members with a critically ill person in the ICU.
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