Offering stronger patient and family education tools in the ICU will ease patient and caregiver fears and make them more comfortable with the care setting. An integrated, centralized, and digital platform is best suited for patient and family education efforts within the intensive care unit (ICU) and for overcoming patient barriers to obtaining key ICU information, according to a recent study published in Critical Care Nurse. Offering adequate patient and family education is a core part of delivering a positive experience in the ICU, the researchers explained. Patients and family members in the ICU are distressed by the nature of the patient disease, and understanding what is going on with both the ICU environment and patient care can bring comfort to patients and family caregivers.

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