title: The essence and meaning of aesthetics in patient care as experienced by nurses: a systematic review protocol.
abstract: This systematic review seeks to identify, appraise and synthesize available qualitative studies describing nurses' experiences of the essence and meaning of the phenomenon "aesthetics" in patient care.The specific purpose of the review is to examine the qualitative literature to describe nurses' experiences of the phenomenon "aesthetics" within patient care in healthcare settings.More specifically, from the nurses' perspectives, the aims are.
authors.affiliation: 1VIA University College, Faculty of Health Sciences, Campus Randers, Denmark 2Center for Dialogue and Organization, Humanities, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark 3Danish Centre of Systematic Synthesis in Nursing: an Affiliate Center of the Joanna Briggs Institute, The Center of Clinical Guidelines - Clearing house, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark 4Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Sine Maria
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Herholdt-Lomholdt
authors.forename: Lisbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Uhrenfeldt
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004954:Esthetics; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D009732:Nursing Care; D005791:Patient Care; D036301:Qualitative Research; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic