White, DeborahRaffin Bouchal, ShelleyMacLeod, BruceSchmidt, Rosemary2014-01-302014-03-152014-01-302014Schmidt, R. (2014). Connecting in Crisis: Family Presence in Resuscitation (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25418http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1345Family presence during resuscitation, while discussed and championed by numerous health care organizations remains an inconsistent practice in many emergency departments, including the one examined in this study. Nurses who participated in this grounded theory study reported support and advocacy for family presence. Family members were regarded a valuable resources for the patient and health care team. The nurses discussed the importance of families being together and working together with the health care team in the resuscitation effort. The social process that emerged from the study was connecting in crisis. Facilitating family presence via policy development was not palatable to the participants. Rather, an overarching belief in the importance of family presence and a situational assessment of resuscitation, patient, family, and team was deemed as necessary prior to family inclusion.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.NursingNursingEmergencyFamilymaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/25418