Developing an evidence-based and theory informed intervention to involve families in patients care after surgery: A quality improvement project

• Main Authors: Anne Maria Eskes (Author), Anne Marthe Schreuder (Author), Hester Vermeulen (Author), Els Jacqueline Maria Nieveen van Dijkum (Author), Wendy Chaboyer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: In the post-surgical setting, active involvement of family caregivers has the potential to improve patient outcomes by prevention of surgical complications that are sensitive to fundamental care. This paper describes the development of a theoretically grounded program to enhance the acti...