Vang'ota DZ, Masika GM. Learning and Giving Compassionate Care to Patients: Perspectives of the ICU Nurses.
J Clin Nurs 2025;
34:542-553. [PMID:
39628096 DOI:
10.1111/jocn.17580]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2024] [Revised: 06/16/2024] [Accepted: 11/19/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2025]
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Compassion forms the basis for nursing practice and is an essential component of patient-centered care. It is vital, essential and of great significance to relieve patient's suffering and have a positive impact on the quality of care provided by a nurse. In the context of Tanzania, knowledge on learning and giving compassionate nursing care to patients remained unresearched.
AIMS
To explore nurse's perspectives on how they learn and give compassionate nursing care to patients in ICUs in Tanzania.
METHODOLOGY
A qualitative descriptive study design using in-depth interviews was conducted amongst eleven (11) ICU nurses of two hospitals in Dodoma region. Audio-recording and notetaking were used to collect data. Data from the audio records were transcribed verbatim and subjected to inductive thematic analysis using manifest codding approach with a semantic focus. We report this paper according to COREQ checklist.
RESULTS
Three themes emerged from data that summarised the nurses' perspectives on learning and giving compassionate care to patients in ICUs. These themes included (i) Sources and learning of compassionate nursing care (ii) Practicing compassionate nursing care and (iii) impact of compassionate nursing care. Overall, nurses in this setting expressed compassion to as a combination of empathy, ethical view, duty to care and readiness to go extra mile to address patients needs defined their unique view of compassion.
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Emphasis of compassionate nursing care in formal training curricula, role modelling on compassion in clinical settings and motivation of nurses in critical care settings may facilitate provision of compassionate nursing care amongst patients in ICUs.
RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
The findings of the present study underscore the nurse's perspectives on compassionate nursing care and what motivates and prevents them to provide compassionate care to patients.
PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION
No Patient or Public Contribution.
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