Emergency medical technicians' experiences with unplanned births outside institutions: A qualitative interview study

Recruitment and retention of emergency medical technicians: a qualitative study.

Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are critical to out-of-hospital care, but maintaining staff can be difficult. The study objective was to identify factors that contribute to recruitment and retention of EMTs and paramedics. Information was drawn from three focus groups of EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, and EMT-Paramedic personnel recruited from participants at an annual conference. Thoughts a...

Exploring the experiences of women with pelvic floor disorders with received medical services: a qualitative study

Background & Aim:Despite the high prevalence of the problem in the society, people with pelvic floor disorders are less likely to seek medical services. Various studies stated that one of the important problems in providing medical services to people with pelvic floor disorders is not paying attention to their preferences and expectations. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of exp...

Patients’ experiences of sleep in hospital: a qualitative interview study

Many patients experience sleep disturbances and a reduced quality of sleep while hospitalised. Studies have shown that a person with a disease and/or a bodily injury has an increased need for sleep. Patients’ experiences of sleep should govern how sleep disturbances should be managed. It is thus necessary to focus upon and describe patients’ needs and experiences. The aim of this study was to e...

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Explaining Oncology Nurses’ Experiences with Workplace Violence: A Qualitative Study

Introduction: Workplace violence against nurses is regarded as a continuing and prevalent problem across the world. The purpose of this study was to explain oncology nurses’ experiences with workplace violence. Material and Methods: The present study was fulfilled using qualitative content analysis in 2017 based on purposive sampling method. To this end, semi-structured interviews were perform...