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    Association between nurses' perceived self-confidence in performing family witnessed resuscitation and implementation of the practice at Siaya County Referral Hospital in Kenya
    (International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2022-12-24) Angute, Andrew; Gachathi, Daniel Muya; Ramani, Ramalingam
    Objectives: This study aimed to identify the relationship between nurses' perceived self-confidence in performing family-witnessed resuscitation and the implementation of the practice among nurses and to describe nurses' preferences regarding family-witnessed resuscitation practice. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional survey. A stratified random sampling design was used to obtain study participants from various units within the medical-surgical departments of the hospital. Data was collected using the Family Presence Self-confidence Scale designed by Twibel et al. Chi-square test and binary logistic regression were used to analyze the association between levels of perceived self-confidence and the implementation of family-witnessed resuscitation practice. Results: There was a significant association between nurses' perceived self-confidence (χ 2 = 8.06, P = 0.01) and the implementation of family-witnessed resuscitation practice. The nurses who were quite/very confident were 4.9 times more likely to perform witnessed resuscitation than those who were somewhat confident (OR = 4.94, 95% CI 1.07-22.71). Conclusion: The perceived self-confidence in performing family-witnessed resuscitation varied widely among nurses. To achieve successful implementation of family-witnessed resuscitation practice, medical-surgical nurses should get higher levels of perceived self-confidence in the presence of patients' families through advanced specialized training and practice on resuscitation.