Guideline · Consensus statement
Good practices for humanization in pediatric intensive care units: a national Delphi consensus study.
Consensus statementIntensive & Critical Care Nursing (HU-CI Project, Spanish expert panel)2026Full text
- Care and rehabilitation
- Communicating with families
- Medical
- Nursing
- Professional practice
- Wellbeing
Summary
A three-round Delphi consensus with 53 Spanish PICU experts adapting an adult ICU humanisation good-practice manual to the paediatric setting. From 160 original practices plus 30 new proposals, 132 consensus practices were agreed and graded as basic, advanced or excellent. The framework targets child- and family-centred care, family involvement, communication and comfort measures, with nurses central to implementation. Intended as a measurable tool for continuous quality improvement in PICUs of varying resource levels.
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