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Insights on compassion and patient‐centred nursing in intensive care: A constructivist grounded theory

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  • Samantha Jakimowicz
  • Lin Perry
  • Joanne Lewis

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Aims and objectives To explore patient‐centred nursing, compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue from intensive care nurses’ perspectives. Background Compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue can influence critical care nurses’ decisions to either continue or leave the profession, and could impact the compassionate patient‐centred nursing care patients receive during their ICU admission. Design This qualitative research design was informed by Charmaz's Grounded Theory Constructivist methodology. Methods In‐depth interviews were conducted with 21 critical care nurses of two ICUs in Australia during 2016. Interview data were analysed using grounded theory processes. Results Findings reflected positive and negative impacts on critical care nurses’ ability to deal compassionately with their patients. Effects on patient‐centred nursing and critical care nurses’ own well‐being were revealed. A core category of “Expectations” emerged, explaining the tension between critical care nurses’ biomedical, clinical skills and knowledge versus compassionate, patient‐centred nursing care. This tension was clarified and expanded in subcategories of “Life in the Balance,” “Passion and Pressure,” “Understanding and Advocacy” and “Tenacity and Fragility”. Conclusion Providing patient‐centred nursing may enhance critical care nurses’ experience of compassion satisfaction, in turn impacting delivery of compassionate patient‐centred nursing to generate a virtuous circle. Critical care nurses who feel respected and supported by their management team and colleagues experience feelings of compassion satisfaction, leading to greater engagement and care towards their patient. Relevance to clinical practice Systematically addressing critical care nurses’ needs to successfully balance biomedical with compassionate nursing care may lead to greater well‐being in the critical care nursing workforce and improve patient experience of intensive care.

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  • Samantha Jakimowicz & Lin Perry & Joanne Lewis, 2018. "Insights on compassion and patient‐centred nursing in intensive care: A constructivist grounded theory," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(7-8), pages 1599-1611, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:27:y:2018:i:7-8:p:1599-1611
    DOI: 10.1111/jocn.14231
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    1. Anna GW Nolte & Charlene Downing & Annie Temane & Marie Hastings‐Tolsma, 2017. "Compassion fatigue in nurses: A metasynthesis," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(23-24), pages 4364-4378, December.
    2. Samantha Jakimowicz & Lin Perry & Joanne Lewis, 2017. "An integrative review of supports, facilitators and barriers to patient‐centred nursing in the intensive care unit," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(23-24), pages 4153-4171, December.
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