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Fateme Hasandoost1, Eesa Mohammadi1, Mojgan Khademi2
1Faculty of Medical Sciences, Nursing Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
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.
Results:
Analysis of the data led to the extraction of Four main themes as follows: (1) Insufficient understanding of nurses and patients' families of each other's roles, needs and expectations; (2) The use of personal and situational reasoning rather than ethical principles; (3) Caring stagnation; and (4) Satisfaction with care.
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