Review of Three Qualitative Studies of Family Presence During Resuscitation

Authors

Bonnie Schmidt, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Abstract

Despite recommendations to allow family presence during resuscitation, mixed attitudes and practices persist in clinical practice today. The findings of three recent qualitative research studies are presented in this review. These phenomenological studies explore the lived experience of family presence from different perspectives. Miller and Stiles (2009) describe the experiences of hospital nurses, Maxton (2008) focuses on parental perceptions, and Mcmahon-Parkes, Moule, Benger, and Albarran (2009) study the attitudes and beliefs of patients themselves. This article presents an analysis of these study findings and overall conclusions related to family presence during resuscitation.

Keywords

Family Presence, Parental Presence, Resuscitation, Family-Witnessed Resuscitation, Nurses, and Qualitative Research

Publication Date

5-1-2010

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2010.1173

Recommended APA Citation

Schmidt, B. (2010). Review of Three Qualitative Studies of Family Presence During Resuscitation. The Qualitative Report, 15(3), 731-736. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2010.1173