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Enrolling by invitation NCT04243356

Impact of Intensive Care Unit Nurse Participation in Post - ICU Follow Up Clinic

No phase Interventional Nurse-Patient Relations Nurse Role

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In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Nurse Encounter Group, Nurse control group.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Nurse-Patient Relations, Nurse Role. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
United States
Next step
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Official title

Impact of Intensive Care Unit Nurse Participation in Post - ICU (Intensive Care Unit) Follow Up Clinic

Overview

The objective of this study is to learn more about the impact of a longitudinal encounter between critical care nurses and former intensive care unit patients. This study will enroll 10 patients that had been admitted in an ICU to meet with a former nurse that had taken care of them in the ICU. The study will enroll 20 nurses that had taken care of these patients in the ICU. The study will randomize 10 nurses to be in the encounter group and 10 nurses to be assigned to the control group. Only nurses assigned to the encounter group will meet with the patients at their post-ICU clinic.

Interventions

  • Behavioral Nurse Encounter Group
    Nurses in this group will meet with former ICU patients in a post ICU clinic visit. This will be a structured meeting for approximately 15 minutes with the nurse and former patient. The encounter will be observed by a member of the research team. Surveys will be completed before and after the visits. Additionally, nurses will be interviewed 4-7 days after meeting with their former patients.
  • Other Nurse control group
    This group will complete surveys.

Primary outcome measures

  • Change in medical ICU nurse fulfillment toward the ICU following an encounter with a former ICU patient in the post-ICU clinic using an adapted Stanford Professional Fulfillment Index [Time frame: Baseline, at the follow-up ICU clinic visit for the encounter group (approximately 2-4 weeks after discharge)]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
  • Change in medical ICU nurse burnout following an encounter with a former ICU patient in the post-ICU clinic [Time frame: Baseline, at the follow-up ICU clinic visit for the encounter group (approximately 2-4 weeks after discharge)]

Eligibility criteria

Patients:

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients that were admitted to the ICU that are appropriate for follow-up.

Nurses:

Inclusion criteria

  • Registered nurse in an intensive care unit and took care of the enrolled patient

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Other

Study locations

United States · 1 center
  • University of Michigan — Ann Arbor

Identifiers

NCT: NCT04243356 · HUM00170939

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗