Journal of Nursing & Care

Ya-Lie Ku

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• Research Article
  Spiritual Needs and Care of Patients from Nurses’ Perspectives on ICU
  Author(s): Ya-Lie KuYa-Lie Ku
  
  Background: Current studies mainly emphasized the spiritual needs and care of cancer and hospice patients; few deal with the other critically ill patients. Aim: This study aimed to describe the spiritual needs and care of ICU patients from nurses’ perspectives. Design: This is a qualitative study. Method: The semi-structured guided interviewing on ICU nurses in a medical center of southern Taiwan was approved by the IRB at the research department of the hospital and data collection was carried out from January to June 2012. The investigator repeatedly read the transcribed text, and found statements relevant to the themes in the transcriptions to form significant statements as the basis of data analysis. To ensure the rigor of this study, the investigator adopted the approach of trustworth.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000357

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