Applicability of the POST-IC diary; a digital means of communication regarding admission to intensive care

Cause The restriction of visits to intensive care (IC) departments during the outbreak of Covid-19 resulted in a huge lack of normal interpersonal contact. The implementation of the Post-IC diary, a digital personal logbook, enables closeness and interpersonal contact in the short term and reduces complaints of Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) and PICS Family (PICS-F) in the long term. Results The Post-IC diary is an application in daily practice that meets person-oriented care; policy in which, among other things, individual needs and attention to optimal communication are essential. The results of the project show that ICU nurses endorse the added value of the intervention. However, they also experience challenges in writing short messages in the Post-IC diary themselves. For structural embedding, tailor-made strategies are required to support ICU nurses in the use of the Post-ICU diary.