A qualitative study portraying nurses' perspectives on transitional care between intensive care units and hospitals wards.

Introduction: The transition process from the intensive care unit (ICU) to hospital ward may impact the illness trajectory and compromise the continuity of safe care for ICU survivors. ICU and ward nurses are involved with the transition and are responsible for the quality of the transitional care.

Aim: The aim was to explore ICU and ward nurses' views on assignments in relation to patients' transition between ICU and hospital ward.

Patient and spouses experiences with transition from intensive care unit to hospital ward - qualitative study.

Background And Purpose Of Study: Transition from the intensive care unit to the hospital ward can be considered as a vulnerable period for patients as nursing care changes hands. How the transition is experienced by the ICU patient and the family is influenced by how it is organised, communicated and executed. The transition may positively or negatively affect patient recovery.