Survey of Nurses' Views on Family Presence During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is one of the most important hospitals procedures to save patients' lives, and it is very important removing conditions that disrupt its process. Presence of family patient during resuscitation (FPDR) can be a negative or positive factor in the performance of the resuscitation team. In various studies, contradictory results have been obtained from the presence of the family during resuscitation.

In this descriptive-analytical study, 294 nurses from 3 teaching hospitals in Sanandaj were entered in the study. The samples were selected as available and the demographic information questionnaire and a special questionnaire to examine the nurses' views on the presence of the family during resuscitation with two parts of the harms (12 questions) and the benefits of their presence (8 questions) were given to them by the researcher. After completing them, the data were analyzed by SPSSv.20 software.

Most Nurses Disagree with Family presence about ”family interfering in resuscitation” and " difficulty in deciding team leader to off resuscitation that patient is death" and also about benefits, The most  factor that agreed upon by nurses is " family Ensuring that everything can be done for their patient by the resuscitation team, is done"

According to the nurses' views, since the presence of the  family during resuscitation has more harmful rather than its benefits, therefore, a decision must be made in medical centers, especially hospitals, to prevent the presence of the patient's family in the resuscitation room