Journal of Emergency Nursing
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 152-157 , March 2011

Family Presence During Resuscitation and/or Invasive Procedures in the Emergency Department: One Size Does Not Fit All

Received 21 September 2009 ,Revised 29 December 2009 ,Accepted 12 February 2010.

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 Earn Up to 8.5 CE Hours. See page 210.

 A small grant from the Department of Nursing at Boise State University provided partial funding for this study.

PII: S0099-1767(10)00079-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2010.02.016

Journal of Emergency Nursing
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 152-157 , March 2011

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