Family presence during resuscitation in a paediatric hospital: health professionals’ confidence and perceptions

Embracing the philosophy of family-centred care, family presence during resuscitation remains a controversial practice amongst healthcare professionals. A descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire study design investigated medical and nursing staff perceptions of and self-confidence in facilitating...

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Main Author: McLean, Julie A.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/158
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description Embracing the philosophy of family-centred care, family presence during resuscitation remains a controversial practice amongst healthcare professionals. A descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire study design investigated medical and nursing staff perceptions of and self-confidence in facilitating family presence during resuscitation in a children’s hospital. All staff held positive perceptions and staff in critical care areas with experience in resuscitation and family presence, perceived more risk/benefits and more self-confidence than staff in non-critical care areas without resuscitation experience.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-1582017-02-20T06:42:27Z Family presence during resuscitation in a paediatric hospital: health professionals’ confidence and perceptions McLean, Julie A. Embracing the philosophy of family-centred care, family presence during resuscitation remains a controversial practice amongst healthcare professionals. A descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire study design investigated medical and nursing staff perceptions of and self-confidence in facilitating family presence during resuscitation in a children’s hospital. All staff held positive perceptions and staff in critical care areas with experience in resuscitation and family presence, perceived more risk/benefits and more self-confidence than staff in non-critical care areas without resuscitation experience. 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/158 en Curtin University fulltext
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Family presence during resuscitation in a paediatric hospital: health professionals’ confidence and perceptions
title Family presence during resuscitation in a paediatric hospital: health professionals’ confidence and perceptions
title_full Family presence during resuscitation in a paediatric hospital: health professionals’ confidence and perceptions
title_fullStr Family presence during resuscitation in a paediatric hospital: health professionals’ confidence and perceptions
title_full_unstemmed Family presence during resuscitation in a paediatric hospital: health professionals’ confidence and perceptions
title_short Family presence during resuscitation in a paediatric hospital: health professionals’ confidence and perceptions
title_sort family presence during resuscitation in a paediatric hospital: health professionals’ confidence and perceptions
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/158