Projects
Current research projects focus on the following:
– Post-ICU care for families
– Patient and family separation in acute care during the Covid-19 pandemic
– Palliative/end-of-life care to families
Past research projects
– A ten-country qualitative study that explored nurses’ perspectives on and practices around family engagement in adult intensive care units.
Publications
Price, A. M., McAndrew, N. S., Thaqi, Q., Kirk, M., Brysiewicz, P., Eggenberger, S., & Naef, R. (2022) Factors influencing critical care nurses’ family engagement practices: A international perspective. Nursing in Critical Care. Advance online publication.
Naef, R., Brysiewicz, P., McAndrew, N. S., Beierwaltes, P., Chiang, V., Clisbee, D., De Beer, J., Honda, J., Kakazu, S., Nagl-Cupal, M., Price, A. M., Richardson, S., Richardson, A., Tehan, T., Barnard-Towell, A., & Eggenberger, S. (2021). ICU nurse-family engagement from a global perspective: A qualitative multi-site exploration. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 66, 103081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2021.103081
Presentations
Price, A. M., Brysiewicz, P., Eggenberger, S., & Naef, R. (2019, September 16-17). Engagement of families in ICU from the nursing staff perspective. Paper presented at the British Association of Critical Care Nurses Conference. Edinburgh, UK.
Naef, R., Brysiewicz, P., Eggenberger, S., Beierwaltes, P., Chiang, V., Clisbee, D., de Beer, J., Ewens, B., Honda, J., McAndrew, N. S., Nagl-Cupal, M., Price, A. M., Richardson, A., Richardson, S., Tehan, T., & Barnard-Towell, A. (2019, August 12 – 15) Engaging with families during critical illness: An international study of nurses’ descriptions and practices of family engagement in intensive care units. Paper presented at the 14th International Family Nursing Conference Washington DC, US.
Brysiewicz, P., Naef, R., Eggenberger, S., Beierwaltes, P., Chiang, V., Clisbee, D., de Beer, J., Ewens, B., Honda, J., McAndrew, N. S., Nagl-Cupal, M., Price, A. M., Richardson, A., Richardson, S., Tehan, T., & Barnard-Towell, A. (2019, August 12 – 15. August). Innovative global family research: Lessons learned from the IFNA Acute Care Research Cluster. Paper presented at the 14th International Family Nursing Conference Washington DC, US.
Contact of Co-Chairs
Natalie McAndrew: [email protected]
Petra Brysiewicz: [email protected]
Rahel Naef: [email protected]
