The importance of families in nursing care: attitudes of nurses in the Netherlands.
Ellen I HagedoornWolter PaansTiny JaarsmaJoost C KeersCees P van der SchansMarie Louise A LuttikPublished in: Scandinavian journal of caring sciences (2020)
This study identifies areas of improvement regarding to nurses' attitudes towards the importance of families in nursing care in order to establish a more family-focused approach in nursing care. Nursing policies should facilitate working with families as part of regular nursing processes. Furthermore, the importance of family involvement in care should be an explicit matter of concern for nursing educational institutions and for policy making within healthcare organisations.