Objective:to review the most relevant evidence on the nurses’ attitudes towards
witnessed resuscitation, in the inpatient and out-of-hospital spheres. Method:integrative literature review, covering the period from 2008 till 2015, using
the databases PubMed, Lilacs and SciELO; in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
The pediatric context was excluded from the study. Results:the synthesis of the data resulted in the inclusion of 10 articles,
categorized as: positive attitudes and negative attitudes. Conclusions:discrepancies exist among the nurses from different contexts and geographical
regions towards the concept; protocols need to be established for this
situation, in view of the advantages evidenced in the literature, for the
nursing professionals as well as the relatives. Witnessed resuscitation can
represent an opportunity to understand and cope with the rational and
irrational in the situation in a shared manner, as well as mitigate or
dignify the mourning.
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