1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The aim of this paper is to report on the development of the MENTOR_D [mentoring of family caregivers concerning delirium management in postcardiac surgery patients] intervention theory and the MENTOR_D intervention components, highlight what can be done by families at the bedside of their relative with delirium in the ICU [intensive care unit] and present strategies that nurses can use to support families.» (p. 3)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«MENTOR_D was developed based on Sidani and Braden’s (2011) intervention development framework. Narrative literature reviews paired with the clinical experience of an expert committee were used […].» (p. 1) «The sample and setting for this intervention were postcardiac surgery patients and their family caregivers hospitalised in both the cardiac surgery ICU and the surgery unit.» (p. 3)

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse théorique

3. Résumé

According to the authors, «[c]urrent literature is sparse on exactly how families should be involved in the management of delirium, specifically on what these families should do and how nurses can support them as allies in the management of delirium. The MENTOR_D intervention answers this need by suggesting how families can be supported and involved. This intervention has the potential to complement existing literature that suggests the involvement of families without being specific on how they should be supported and involved. Besides providing an example of the use of Sidani and Braden’s framework for intervention development, two important contributions result from the work presented in this paper. First, it highlights strategies that nurses can use to support family participation in nonpharmacological delirium management and what can be done by families at the bedside of their relatives with delirium. Second, [the authors] proposed a theoretical framework with underpinnings that, to [the authors’] knowledge, were never used before in complementarity and that may be transferable to nurse-family relationships in other contexts.» (p. 8)