The perception of relatives of ICU patients about communication

The object of this study is 'The perception of relatives of patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) about the process of communication with the nursing team'. In common sense the ICU environment is characterised by being cold dark noisy and not very welcoming where users' first contact with this environment can cause fear but it is the only high-tech environment that can provide adequate care for cases of serious complexity and with good communication it can transform the fear felt into hope. To guide this work we set out to answer the following question: What is the perception of the relatives of ICU patients about the communication process with the nursing team? In order to answer this question we set ourselves the following objective: To describe the perception of the relatives of ICU patients about the communication process with the nursing team.