Family Presence During Resuscitation

Descriptive statistics are used to analyze and summarize the data in a meaningful way. They are the simple way to describe a data. The purpose of statistics is to reduce and summarize the data so that it can be easily understood. Researchers usually collect the data form a selected population, rather than collecting from an entire population, which is known as a study sample. Descriptive statistics provide as much as possible information about a study sample and are used to measure central tendency and variance.
Participating families in patient’s routine care can improve patient’s safety and satisfaction and is an accepatable practice. When emergencies occur, presence of a family member is still unacceptable and is not practiced consistently. Many evidences indicated that the presence of a …show more content…
The article “Nurse’s perception of family presence during resuscitation” explores nurse’s experience with resuscitation, the benefits of having a family member during resuscitation and nurse’s confidence in handling resuscitation in the presence of a family member. A descriptive study was conducted, with a cross sectional survey design. A sample population of 154 nurses working in inpatient and outpatient units from an urban hospital were surveyed. The descriptive statistics used in this study was in a table format. Table 1, surveyed Participants’ characteristics; table 2, Participants’ responses to items on family presence Risk-Benefit Scale and Family-Presence Self-Confidence Scale; table 3, Significant differences by participant characteristics in family presence during resuscitation Risk-Benefit Scale and Self-Confidence Scale; table 4, Comment themes related to perceived benefits and barriers to presence of a patient’s family members during resuscitation. The study showed that self-confidence was greater in nurses who have completed their Advanced