Caring is the essence of nursing and is a universal phenomenon, not only essential for effective therapy also for self actualization and for human survival. Since research and information about caring has implications for improving maintenance of the quality of caring performance, this study was inducted to compare the importance of caring behaviours in professional nurses and in- patients in m...

Abstract Objective This study investigated the mediating effect of cultural competence in relationship between person-job (P-J) fit and work-life balance among female nurses. Methods Participants included 216 (mean age = 31.12; SD 9.16) nurses that were conveniently selected from two Federal Teaching hospitals Nigeria. Three questionnaires via perceived scale, scale utilized for data collection...

INTRODUCTION Frequent nursing errors are considered as factors that affect the quality of healthcare of patients. Capable nurses who are compatible with work conditions are more focused on their tasks, and this reduces their errors and cognitive failures. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between work ability index (WAI) and cognitive failures (C...

AIM The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference between the professional perspectives of pharmacists and nurses in Japan with regard to evaluation of the quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients. METHODS A group of cancer hospital inpatients (n=15) were asked to rate the condition of their health and their QOL by filling in a questionnaire. On the same day, a group of pharmaci...

Aims and Objectives: To report a synthesis of the literature on the meaning of trust in the context of patients’ experiences of nursing. The review question was “How do patients describe the meaning of trust in the nursing relationship?” Background: Trust is essential in nursing as it has the potential to create opportunities for the human being to gain faith, hope and meaning in life as well a...

BACKGROUND Although critical care nurses gain satisfaction from providing compassionate care to patients and patients' families, the nurses are also at risk for fatigue. The balance between satisfaction and fatigue is considered professional quality of life. OBJECTIVES To establish the prevalence of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in adult, pediatric, and neonatal critical care...

Qualitative values that address personal and interpersonal dimensions are often overlooked in research that examines mental well-being among young patients with anorexia nervosa. The aim of this review was to identify and describe factors that promote and impede the relationships between nurses and the children, adolescents and young adults who are diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and also to ex...