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="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:18.20em"/><col style="width:3.53em"/><col style="width:5.69em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2"><b>Needs of Family Members</b></td><td class="align_center" colspan="2"><b>Responses</b></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center"><b>Rank</b></td><td class="align_center"><b>Mean± SD</b></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Talk about the negative feelings</td><td class="align_center">41</td><td class="align_center">1.82 ±0.84</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Availability of clergymen in hospital</td><td class="align_center">42</td><td class="align_center">1.63±0.82</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Have another person with relatives in ICU</td><td class="align_center">43</td><td class="align_center">1.60 ±0.88</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Be alone at any time</td><td class="align_center">44</td><td class="align_center">1.48±0.75</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Visit patient at any time</td><td class="align_center">45</td><td class="align_center">1.34±0.69</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Respondents’ perception of five least important needs of family members.</div>

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Table 4: 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 4 | 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 