Dear Peers- I know this subject has been discussed before but I was interested in getting some current information on the topic of Family Centered Care esp in the ICU. I work in an ICU that specializes in CT surgery vasuclar and cardiology fields. We are a university affiliated level 1 trauma center, do VADS, ECMO, MARS, IABP... We started family centered care in 2008. I have been charged with deveploping a pamplet with sort of how things work in the ICU sort of a "do and don't" list. We have visitors walking around the unit all the time, interrupting us during report, there will be 6 people in a visitors room at one time, people barging into a patients room with the curtain closed (dude...who are you...) tonight a family member was sitting in our NP/MD room, I went into a patients room and someone was sleeping on the floor, we have a list of names and MD on our assignement board and visitors physically stare at it...No respect... I was just wondering about everyone's thoughts and experiences on the matter... Thank you kindly, Robin