Critical CareHospital Length of StayNurse-led interventions
Nurse-Led Family Communication in the ICU: Modest Gains in Communication Quality and Shorter Hospital Stays — What Works and What We Still Don’t Know
By MedXY|Dec 9, 2025
A 2025 systematic review of nurse-led ICU family communication interventions found modest improvement in communication quality (SMD 0.26) and reduced hospital LOS (~3.9 days), but limited effects on psychological distress, satisfaction, ICU
