Family Witnessed Resuscitation Study

This study aimed at finding out the perception of emergency room staff nurses on family witnessed resuscitation (FWR) practice. The first objective is to describe the resuscitation skills of the emergency room nurses. The second objective is to determine the benefits and barriers of family witnessed resuscitation practice as perceived by the nurses. The third objective is to examine the status of emergency room nurses in terms of length of experience as emergency room nurses, number of times the emergency room nurses have attended a family witnessed resuscitation, and number of life-saving trainings attended. The fourth is to determine the perception of emergency room nurses having family witnessed resuscitation practice in terms of ethical
H01: There is no significant relationship between the emergency room nurses’ resuscitation skills and their perception on family witnessed resuscitation practice in terms of ethical and legal concerns, presence of family members, need, awareness and acceptability level of FWR (family witnessed resuscitation) practice, guideline on cultural assessment, and need for competency training. 2. H02: There is no significant relationship between the perceived benefits and perception on family witnessed resuscitation practice in terms of ethical and legal concerns, presence of family members, need, awareness and acceptability level of FWR (family witnessed resuscitation) practice, guideline on cultural assessment, and need for competency training. 3. H03: There is no significant relationship between the perceived barriers and perception on family witnessed resuscitation practice in terms of ethical and legal concerns, presence of family members, need, awareness and acceptability level of FWR (family witnessed resuscitation) practice, guideline on cultural assessment, and need for competency training. 4. H04: There is no significant relationship between the profile of the staff nurses in terms of Length of experience as emergency room nurses and perception on family witnessed resuscitation in terms of ethical and legal concerns, presence of family members, need, awareness and acceptability level of FWR (family witnessed resuscitation) practice, guideline on cultural assessment, and need for competency training. 5. H05: There is no significant relationship between the profile of the staff nurses in terms of number of times the emergency room nurses have attended a family witnessed resuscitation and perception on family witnessed resuscitation in terms of ethical and legal concerns, presence of family members, need, awareness and acceptability level of FWR (family witnessed resuscitation)