Perception of Nurses on Needs of Family Members of Patient Admitted to Critical Care Units of Teaching Hospital, Chitwan Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Institutional Based Study

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:18.61em"/><col style="width:3.40em"/><col style="width:5.57em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Needs of Family Members</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Responses</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Rank</td><td class="align_center">Mean± SD</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Knowing about patient treatment</td><td class="align_center">1</td><td class="align_center">3.82 ±0.39</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Explanation of the environment</td><td class="align_center">2</td><td class="align_center">3.80 ±0.44</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Reason for various procedure</td><td class="align_center">3</td><td class="align_center">3.74 ±0.47</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Knowing details of patient’s progress</td><td class="align_center">4</td><td class="align_center">3.72 ± 0.51</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Receive daily information about the patient</td><td class="align_center">5</td><td class="align_center">3.71 ±0.45</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Participants’ perception of five most important needs of family members.</div>

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Table 3: Perception of Nurses on Needs of Family Members of Patient Admitted to Critical Care Units of Teaching Hospital, Chitwan Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Institutional Based Study 

Table 3 | Perception of Nurses on Needs of Family Members of Patient Admitted to Critical Care Units of Teaching Hospital, Chitwan Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Institutional Based Study 