Intensive & critical care nursing : the official journal of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses
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Intensive Crit Care Nurs · Feb 2019
Preferences of patients' family regarding family-witnessed cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A qualitative perspective of intensive care patients' family members.
To describe preferences of intensive care patients' family members regarding the idea of an inpatient family-witnessed cardiopulmonary resuscitation. ⋯ Results of this study suggest a possible gap in family-centred care delivery in intensive care settings. System changes are necessary in order to increase nurses' awareness of patients' families' preferences, and successfully implement recommended family-witnessed cardiopulmonary resuscitation.