Searched CINAHL and PubMed for patient rounds AND (“intensive care” OR “critical care”)  with a limit of English.

Six quasi-experimental studies in CINAHL measuring nurse satisfaction, ventilator-associated pneumonia, cental-line associated bloodstream infection, nosocomial infections, healthcare outcomes, family presence, and facilitators and barriers to patient care rounds
Adding intensive care or critical care eliminates many studies that may also be relevant.

(MH “Patient Rounds”) AND (hourly OR intentional OR proactive OR comfort)
These results include several experimental and quasi-experimental studies. If you want to look at specific outcomes, see the following searches for particular topics:

Falls – (MH “Patient Rounds”) AND (hourly OR intentional OR proactive OR comfort) AND falls

Patient satisfaction – (MH “Patient Rounds”) AND (hourly OR intentional OR proactive OR comfort) AND patient satisfaction

Patient centered care – (MH “Patient Rounds”) AND (MH “Patient centered care”)

Papers in PubMed search: (rounds OR rounding) AND (intentional OR hourly OR time factors OR proactive) AND (nurses OR nursing) AND (safety OR quality improvement OR infection OR pneumonia OR pressure ulcers OR falls OR patient satisfaction OR patient outcome assessment OR outcomes assessments) AND (“intensive care” OR “critical care”)
This search retrieves papers examining common outcomes in the intensive care unit.  Other outcomes can be included in the search.

Reviewed and updated 5/1/2014 ldt