Critical Care Nurses’ Perspectives towards Family Presence during Resuscitation

Abstract

As members of the largest health care profession in the nation, registered nurses practice wherever people need nursing care including common sites such as hospitals, homes, schools, workplaces, and community centers and uncommon areas such as children’s camp, homeless shelters and tourist sites. Based on the desired outcome, nurses intervene to promote health, prevent illness or assist with activities that contribute to the recovery from illness or to the achievement of a peaceful death. They may initiate treatments themselves or perform interventions initiated by advance practice registered nurses or other licensed health care providers