TY - JOUR JF - IJNR JO - IJNR VL - 10 IS - 2 PY - 2015 Y1 - 2015/6/01 TI - Visiting in intensive care units and nurses’ beliefs TT - ملاقات در بخش های آی سی یو و باور پرستاران N2 - Introduction: Hospitalization in intensive care units is regarded as a critical problem for patients and their family. The issue of visiting in these units is one of the most basic issues in promoting holistic care to patients. Although evidences show the benefits of visiting, it is forbidden in intensive care units of Iran. Visiting is always a challenging matter for nurses consequently, they show different reaction to it. For changing the policy of visiting in intensive care units, it is important to pay attention to nurses’ beliefs. The aim of the present study was to investigate the nurses’ beliefs toward the open visiting in intensive care units. Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 127 nurses working in intensive care units of educational hospitals affiliated to Guilan University of Medical Sciences in Rasht in 2014. Data collection instrument form to access nurses’ socio-demographic information and BAVIQ questionnaire to assess nurses’ beliefs. Data collected was analyzed using SPSS ver. 21 by t test and binomial test and (P SP - 11 EP - 21 AU - Alizadeh, R AU - Pourshaikhian, M AU - Emami-Sigaroodi, A AU - Kazemnejad-Leili, E AD - KW - BAVIQ KW - Intensive care unit KW - nurse’s belief KW - open visiting KW - ICU visiting UR - http://ijnr.ir/article-1-1522-en.html ER -