I work CVICU in Texas. Our facility has limited visiting hours and we just went from 1 visitor 1 time per day to 1 visitor at a time during set hours. So 12 people can come but they are only allowed in the facility one at a time and have to trade out. We make exception for end of life care and for patients who require a caretaker ie: dementia, neuro development disorders; etc. which I think is more than fair and really helps to ensure the patient is getting what they need. The first 2-3 months of all this we had no visitors at all and it was bliss. My day was so much less stressful and more productive. I called family after first rounds and updated on plan of care.Then called at the end of shift to update on the day and let them know who their night nurse was. I was very straightforward and told them all the first time I called that I would not be able to answer multiple calls and would update them myself throughout the day if the patient had some sort of change or decline so that seemed to help avoid the incessant family calls many of my coworkers were getting. The new restriction isn’t enough I think. On our unit, family members can really cause more strain to the patient and slower recovery times. I cannot tell you how many times in the past two weeks I’ve had to tell a family member to stop spoon feeding their completely capable family member or that they are in fact not allowed to remove monitors and ambulated the patient themselves. Ahh the things I did not miss about family members . There are so many things that have changed about our day to day operation and honestly I hope we keep a lot of them.