Nurses' Influence on Patient Wellbeing: Noise Reduction and Sunshine Therapy

Fiona A Winterbottom; Karla LeBlanc-Lucas; Alexandra Boylan

doi:10.1016/j.cnc.2020.02.012

Nurses' Influence on Patient Wellbeing: Noise Reduction and Sunshine Therapy

Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2020 Jun;32(2):327-334. doi: 10.1016/j.cnc.2020.02.012. Epub 2020 Mar 23.

Authors

Fiona A Winterbottom¹, Karla LeBlanc-Lucas², Alexandra Boylan³

Affiliations

¹ Critical Care Medicine, Ochsner Medical Center, 1514, Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA. Electronic address: Fwinterbottom@ochsner.org.
² ICU Unit, 2626 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA.
³ CMICU, Ochsner Medical Center, 1514, Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.

PMID: 32402325
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnc.2020.02.012

Abstract

This article describes 2 nurse-driven programs that aimed to improve patient wellbeing and decrease ICU stressors to improve the ICU experience. One program addressed noise reduction and the other describes Sunshine Therapy.

Keywords: Family; ICU; Noise; Postintensive care syndrome; Sleep disruption.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Critical Care Nursing / standards*
Humans
Inpatients / psychology*
Intensive Care Units*
Noise / adverse effects*
Ultraviolet Rays*