Health care professionals' concerns regarding in ‐hospital family‐witnessed cardiopulmonary resuscitation implementation into clinical practice

ConclusionDespite existing evidence revealing the positive influence of family‐witnessed resuscitation on patients, relatives and cardiopulmonary resuscitation process, Finnish and Polish health care providers cited a number of personal and organizational barriers against this practice. The results of this study begin to examine reasons why family‐witnessed resuscitation has not been widely implemented in practice. In order to successfully apply current evidence‐based resuscitation guidelines, provider concerns need to be addressed through educational and organizational changes. Relevance to clinical practiceThis study identified important implementation barriers for allowing families in critical care settings to be present during resuscitation efforts. These results can be further used in developing and adjusting clinical practice policies, protocols and guidelines related to family‐witnessed resuscitation.
Source: Nursing in Critical Care - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Research Source Type: research