Paradoxical perception of humanistic care in the intensive care unit: A qualitative study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of nurses, patients and attendants of humanistic care in the intensive care unit.

Design: The present study was a qualitative conventional content analysis conducted in the intensive care unit in a hospital in Iran, in 2019.

Methods: Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and field notes through purposive sampling with 17 nurses who worked in an adult ICU in a teaching hospital, 4 attendants and 4 alert patients, and then analysed using the Elo-Kyngäs method in 2008.

Assessing Emergency Nurses' Clinical Competency: An Exploratory Factor Analysis Study.

Background: Nursing as a clinical discipline is developing in the emergency wards. Health care systems should continuously assess and prioritize indicators of clinical competency in these wards. The lack of clear standards of clinical competency indicators challenges evaluation.