To reduce relocation stress in patients transferring out of the intensive care unit,the nurse can

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Patients often have stress when they are moved from the safety of the critical care unit.Introducing the patient and his family to the nurse who will assume care and to the new environment are strategies to reduce relocation stress.Encouraging the patient and family to see the transfer as a positive sign of healing might lessen the stress they feel.Although the patient and his family may feel safer in a room near the nurses' station,bed placement is determined by a variety of factors and cannot be guaranteed.Beds in the critical care unit are at a premium,and once the physician has determined that the patient no longer meets critical care admission requirements,it is essential that transfers be made as soon as a bed on the intermediate care unit is available.

To Reduce Relocation Stress in Patients Transferring Out of the Intensive