Healthcare providers’ hesitations and oppositions regarding the Emergency Nurses Association’s evidenced-based practice recommendation to allow family presence during invasive procedures and resuscitations, and therefore their poor compliance with implementation, is an ethical issue in healthcare that I am passionate about combatting. The battle to combat resistance will not be unchallenging, as many have opposed the idea of family presence during invasive procedures and resuscitations, arguing that the and drawbacks outweigh the benefits since the practice was first proposed in 1987 (Jabre et al., 2013). Nonetheless, it is critical for nurse leaders to take action by boldly advocating for evidenced-based patient-centered care.
In order to effectively bring about change, leaders must fist examine the inhibiting factors that negatively influence adherence. In the case of this ethical issue, has been noted that healthcare providers’ objections, fears, anxieties, and perceived barriers related to family presence ultimately fuel the existing poor compliance (Davidson, Buenavista, Hobbs, & Kracht, 2011). More explicitly, researchers …show more content…
Following careful examination, leaders’ duties then consist of developing and or strengthening existing policies. Additionally, a recent study found that adherence to family presence policies significantly increased when leaders identified a team member to attend to patients’ family members during resuscitations, as well as when leaders required that all members of the care team completed education concerning evidence that supports family presence and changes in clinical practice (Tudor, Berger, Polivka, Chlebowy & Thomas, 2014). As nurses it is our responsibility to lead the health care team and advocate for our patients and their
In order to effectively bring about change, leaders must fist examine the inhibiting factors that negatively influence adherence. In the case of this ethical issue, has been noted that healthcare providers’ objections, fears, anxieties, and perceived barriers related to family presence ultimately fuel the existing poor compliance (Davidson, Buenavista, Hobbs, & Kracht, 2011). More explicitly, researchers …show more content…
Following careful examination, leaders’ duties then consist of developing and or strengthening existing policies. Additionally, a recent study found that adherence to family presence policies significantly increased when leaders identified a team member to attend to patients’ family members during resuscitations, as well as when leaders required that all members of the care team completed education concerning evidence that supports family presence and changes in clinical practice (Tudor, Berger, Polivka, Chlebowy & Thomas, 2014). As nurses it is our responsibility to lead the health care team and advocate for our patients and their