Hojjatoleslami S, Sadeghi A, Negarandeh R, Soltanian AR, Borzou SR. Nurses' healing presence: A panacea for the comfort of acute coronary syndrome patients in CCU, A qualitative study.
Nurs Open 2023;
10:3744-3753. [PMID:
36709482 PMCID:
PMC10170915 DOI:
10.1002/nop2.1631]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
AIM
The study aimed to explain the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients' perception of the nurse's healing presence in their comfort in the critical care unit.
DESIGN
This descriptive qualitative study was conducted from December 2020 to September 2021.
METHODS
Twenty-seven ACS patients were purposively selected from a cardiovascular university Hospital, Iran. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews (45-60 min). Data analysis was performed based on the contractual content analysis method of Graneheim and Lundman.
RESULTS
In the data analysis, the main theme 'nurses' healing presence' includes two categories: 'Nurse-patient communication' with two subcategories and the category 'Compassionate care' with three subcategories.
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