ICU Visiting Hours

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The ICU that I work in has restricted visiting hours, 4 times a day for 30 minutes. I personally think that we should have unrestricted visiting. I often let my families stay with my patients when I am working. I find that my patients usually do better and need less sedation and pain meds while family is present. I have been searching the internet trying to find anything to back this up, but haven't found anything yet. If anybody has open visiting in your ICU, does it work? Can anybody help me find information/research about open visiting in the ICU? I appreciate any feedback you can give me.

Specializes in Med/Surg, ER, L&D, ICU, OR, Educator.

How about the teenyboper in with Tylenol OD and all her darling little teenyboper friends with their balloons and stuffed animals? That is when the LARGE sign stating 'IMMEDIATE FAMILY ONLY' is posted on hallway doors (small one is always there, but frequently missed and exceptions are routinely made as we don't keep anyone extremely critical in our hospital anyway).

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