Changes in provider perceptions of family presence during resuscitation.

Purpose/objectives: The purpose of this study was to measure changes in perceptions of healthcare providers (HCPs) in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) before and after an implementation of an educational program that included approval of a unit-based guideline for family presence (FP) during resuscitation and invasive procedures.

Design: A descriptive pretest and posttest design was used to measure changes in perception for FP during resuscitation and invasive procedures.

Setting: The setting for this study was a CICU of a large academic medical center.