title: Four factors of nurse caring in the ICU.
abstract: Phenomenological research is conducted to understand the lived experience of persons-patients, families, nurses. This research report describes the feelings of 15 critical care nurses about their experiences of caring. Four major factors (support, role modeling, patient and family interactions, and economic/bureaucratic forces) were identified as crucial aspects of caring in critical care by the nurses. These four factors can be used to increase caring behaviors of nurses in critical care.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Texas at Arlington, USA.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Bush
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003422:Critical Care / Q000523:psychology*; D004645:Empathy; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012380:Role; D012944:Social Support