The Family's Contribution to Patient Safety.
Tânia Sofia Pereira CorreiaMaria Manuela MartinsFernando BarrosoLara Manuela Guedes de PinhoJoão José Rolo LongoOlga Maria Martins de Sousa ValentimPublished in: Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) (2023)
The higher number of categories identified under Family as a Safety Barrier shows that nurses see strong potential in the family's involvement in patient safety. By identifying the need to intervene with and for families so that their involvement is safe, we observed an increase in the complexity of nursing care, which suggests the need to improve nursing ratios, according to the participants.