Family Presence During Resuscitation Summary

Summery of Identifying Factors Inhibiting or Enhancing Family Presence During Resuscitation in the Emergency Department The difficult ethical decision to allow family members to be present in resuscitation processes can be challenging for many. Therefore, despite the support of family presence within resuscitations, compliance with this practice often fluctuates substantially. In an aim to implement evidenced-based patient-centered care, the qualitative study by Davidson, Buenavista, Hobbs, and Kracht (2011), Identifying Factors Inhibiting or Enhancing Family Presence During Resuscitation in the Emergency Department, examined both the factors that promote and hinder the practice of allowing family to be present at such critical times. Because health care providers, including nurses, are reluctant to implement procedures and protocols that they have personal objections to, it is critical to explore the factors that affect adherence. Due to poor implementation of a family presence policy in an emergency department, researchers conducted a qualitative study in order to understand the cause of …show more content…
Furthermore, each of the quotations found in Davidson et al.’s (2011) study, from participants, seemed to support family presence (p. 341). Lastly, the factor of if it were me, was associated with increased implementation of family presence. Researchers noted that although participants were not asked to sympathize with the scenarios, participants repeatedly stated that they would want to be present if their loved one was on the table. The incongruence between professional and personal views was also manifested throughout the interview; as evidenced when one participant who consistently voiced opposition to family presence throughout the interview then concluded that they would wish to be present throughout their family members resuscitation process (Davidson et al., 2011, p.