Family support person role during resuscitation: A qualitative exploration.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

To provide guidance to nurses by examining how critical care nurses perceive and perform the family support person role during resuscitation.

Background

Nurses can serve as family support person when families witness a loved one's resuscitation. However, few studies have examined the role of family support person to provide nurses with sufficient knowledge to enact the role.

Design

An exploratory-descriptive qualitative design with individual, semi-structured interviews.

Methods

Sixteen critical care nurses who had served as family support person completed interviews. The data were analysed by thematic analysis. COREQ guidelines were followed.

Results

Six themes were identified: Hard but Rewarding Role, Be With, Assess, First Moments,

SUBMITTER: Powers K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078650 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature