NCT04243356

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

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

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Nurse-Patient Relations
• Nurse Role

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-02-11
• Primary completion: 2027-02-01
• Completion: 2027-02-01
• First posted: 2020-01-28
• Last updated: 2026-02-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States