title: To stay or not to stay: children's nurses' experiences of parental presence during resuscitation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the perspectives of children's nurses about parental presence during resuscitation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from nine children's nurses, working in the same emergency department, followed by thematic analysis to identify common themes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nurses thought that parents had a negative effect on the ability of professionals caring for the child. However, they also recognised the negative effect parental absence can have on the grieving process. During resuscitation nurses struggle personally and professionally to decide whether parents should be present.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a lack of guidance available about how to manage parental presence at the resuscitation of the child. Experienced children's nurses were having to 'gauge it every time'.
authors: The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast.
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Crowley
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Gallagher
authors: Jayne
authors: J
authors: Price
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014789:Visitors to Patients / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Child health; emergency services: hospital; paediatrics; parents; pediatrics; resuscitation