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We require our nurses to initiate one 5 minute visit for 2 family members as soon as the patient is adequately settled and the nurse is ready. It is just a few minutes for the family to see and touch the patient and know for themselves that the patient is really okay. The patients often worry that the family is being kept informed, and often wish to see their families too. This short visit is comforting for all of them. We do our best to keep everything private by pulling curtains etc. We run anywhere from 40 to 70 case a day. It takes a little effort. But the results are positive. We have a much less anxious waiting area, and fewer angry families, who feel that they are being ignored.

We require our nurses to do a 5 min family visit as soon as the patient is adequately settled and the nurse is ready. It is just a few minutes for the family to see that the patient is really okay and ask the nurse questions. Patients often also worry that their families are being kept informed. This visit resolves that worry. We do our very best to make it private by pulling the curtains etc. After 5 minutes the visitors are escorted out. If the patient is a bed hold we will allow more short term visits. We have found that there is much less anxiety for the families and the patients. We have a lot fewer "angry" family members than we use to have. It takes a bit of effort, but all in all it has been positive for us.

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