Nursing Process Improvement

(1022) Parent Experience of Changes to Visitor Guidelines during COVID-19

Poster Presenter(s)

Ashlee J. Vance, PhD, MA, RN, RNC-NIC

Assistant Scientist
Henry Ford Health System
Scotts, Michigan, United States
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Co-Author(s)

Kathryn J. Malin, PhD, RN, NNP-BC, APNP

Assistant Professor and Neonatal Nurse Pracitioner
Marquette University and Children's Wisconsin
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Clayton J. Shuman, PhD, MSN, RN

Assistant Professor
University of Michigan School of Nursing
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Parents with an infant hospitalized in the NICU during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced significant distress and uncertainty related to changes with visitation. Notably, parents felt more isolated and overwhelmed by polices that limited visitation to one parent. Reporting parental impact of visitation restrictions is vital to our understanding of how hospital policies have an immediate impact on families.

Learning Objectives:

Describe how visitation policies changed in response to COVID-19
Describe parental impact of visitation changes during COVID-19.