Graduate Studies in Nursing, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA, USA.
MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2009 Nov-Dec;34(6):372-7. doi: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000363686.20315.d5.
: To examine policies and practices related to sibling and child visitation within southeastern U.S. hospital-based maternity units.
: This descriptive telephone survey includes data from 69 hospitals about their intrapartum and postpartum sibling and child visitation policies. Data were collected from nurse representatives from each of these institutions. Frequency distributions were used to analyze the data.
: Visitation during labor was restricted to siblings only in 62.3% of the hospitals; in this sample, only 28.9% allowed open visitation by children during labor and four hospitals prohibited all children from visiting during labor. Postpartum visitation was less restrictive: The majority (82.6%) of the hospitals had open child visitation policies; only four hospitals physically assessed or observed children for signs of illness prior to visiting on the postpartum unit. In most cases, even if restrictive child visitation policies were in place, they were not routinely enforced.
: Nurses should examine current sibling and child visitation policies in their institutions to determine the need for revision, elimination, or creation of new policies. Moreover, continued research study on child and sibling visitation and related issues is warranted to generate updated evidence to support policies.
调查美国东南部医院产科病房中与兄弟姐妹探视相关的政策和实践。
本描述性电话调查包括 69 家医院的资料，内容为其分娩期间和产后兄弟姐妹探视政策。这些资料由每家医院的护士代表收集。采用频率分布分析数据。
在 62.3%的医院，分娩期间仅允许兄弟姐妹探视；在此样本中，仅有 28.9%允许儿童在分娩期间开放探视，有 4 家医院禁止所有儿童在分娩期间探视。产后探视限制较少：大多数（82.6%）医院有开放的儿童探视政策；只有 4 家医院在儿童前往产后病房探视前对其进行身体评估或观察是否有疾病迹象。在大多数情况下，即使有严格的儿童探视政策，也不会例行执行。
护士应检查所在机构中当前的兄弟姐妹探视政策，以确定是否需要修订、取消或制定新政策。此外，需要对儿童和兄弟姐妹探视及相关问题进行持续研究，以生成更新的证据来支持政策。
