Family presence in Canadian PICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods environmental scan of policy and practice

Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Foster, Ryan, Betts, Burgess), Children’s Health Program (Burgess), and patient partners, Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Slumkoski, Walls), IWK Health, Halifax, NS; Department of Critical Care (Foster), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Faculty of Nursing (Lee), and Department of Pediatrics (Lee), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Food and Nutritional Sciences (Seabrook), Brescia University College, and Children’s Health Research Institute (Seabrook), London, Ont.; Stollery Children’s Hospital (Garros), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Division of Critical Care (Garros), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.

Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Foster, Ryan, Betts, Burgess), Children’s Health Program (Burgess), and patient partners, Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Slumkoski, Walls), IWK Health, Halifax, NS; Department of Critical Care (Foster), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Faculty of Nursing (Lee), and Department of Pediatrics (Lee), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Food and Nutritional Sciences (Seabrook), Brescia University College, and Children’s Health Research Institute (Seabrook), London, Ont.; Stollery Children’s Hospital (Garros), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Division of Critical Care (Garros), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.

Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Foster, Ryan, Betts, Burgess), Children’s Health Program (Burgess), and patient partners, Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Slumkoski, Walls), IWK Health, Halifax, NS; Department of Critical Care (Foster), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Faculty of Nursing (Lee), and Department of Pediatrics (Lee), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Food and Nutritional Sciences (Seabrook), Brescia University College, and Children’s Health Research Institute (Seabrook), London, Ont.; Stollery Children’s Hospital (Garros), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Division of Critical Care (Garros), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.

Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Foster, Ryan, Betts, Burgess), Children’s Health Program (Burgess), and patient partners, Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Slumkoski, Walls), IWK Health, Halifax, NS; Department of Critical Care (Foster), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Faculty of Nursing (Lee), and Department of Pediatrics (Lee), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Food and Nutritional Sciences (Seabrook), Brescia University College, and Children’s Health Research Institute (Seabrook), London, Ont.; Stollery Children’s Hospital (Garros), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Division of Critical Care (Garros), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.

Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Foster, Ryan, Betts, Burgess), Children’s Health Program (Burgess), and patient partners, Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Slumkoski, Walls), IWK Health, Halifax, NS; Department of Critical Care (Foster), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Faculty of Nursing (Lee), and Department of Pediatrics (Lee), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Food and Nutritional Sciences (Seabrook), Brescia University College, and Children’s Health Research Institute (Seabrook), London, Ont.; Stollery Children’s Hospital (Garros), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Division of Critical Care (Garros), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.

Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Foster, Ryan, Betts, Burgess), Children’s Health Program (Burgess), and patient partners, Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Slumkoski, Walls), IWK Health, Halifax, NS; Department of Critical Care (Foster), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Faculty of Nursing (Lee), and Department of Pediatrics (Lee), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Food and Nutritional Sciences (Seabrook), Brescia University College, and Children’s Health Research Institute (Seabrook), London, Ont.; Stollery Children’s Hospital (Garros), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Division of Critical Care (Garros), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.

Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Foster, Ryan, Betts, Burgess), Children’s Health Program (Burgess), and patient partners, Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Slumkoski, Walls), IWK Health, Halifax, NS; Department of Critical Care (Foster), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Faculty of Nursing (Lee), and Department of Pediatrics (Lee), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Food and Nutritional Sciences (Seabrook), Brescia University College, and Children’s Health Research Institute (Seabrook), London, Ont.; Stollery Children’s Hospital (Garros), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Division of Critical Care (Garros), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.

Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Foster, Ryan, Betts, Burgess), Children’s Health Program (Burgess), and patient partners, Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Slumkoski, Walls), IWK Health, Halifax, NS; Department of Critical Care (Foster), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Faculty of Nursing (Lee), and Department of Pediatrics (Lee), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Food and Nutritional Sciences (Seabrook), Brescia University College, and Children’s Health Research Institute (Seabrook), London, Ont.; Stollery Children’s Hospital (Garros), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Division of Critical Care (Garros), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.

Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Foster, Ryan, Betts, Burgess), Children’s Health Program (Burgess), and patient partners, Department of Pediatric Critical Care (Slumkoski, Walls), IWK Health, Halifax, NS; Department of Critical Care (Foster), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Faculty of Nursing (Lee), and Department of Pediatrics (Lee), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Food and Nutritional Sciences (Seabrook), Brescia University College, and Children’s Health Research Institute (Seabrook), London, Ont.; Stollery Children’s Hospital (Garros), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Division of Critical Care (Garros), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.