Informed consent represents a cornerstone of the endeavours to make health care research ethically acceptable. Based on experience of qualitative research on power dynamics in nursing care in acute psychiatry, we show that the requirement for informed consent may be practised in formalistic ways that legitimize the researcher's activities without taking the patient's changing perception of the ...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore students' attitude towards problem-based learning, creativity and critical thinking, and the relevance to nursing education and clinical practice. BACKGROUND Critical thinking and creativity are crucial in nursing education. The teaching approach of problem-based learning can help to reduce the difficulties of nurturing problem-solving skills. However, there is ...

BACKGROUND Providing holistic nursing care when there is a shortage of personnel and equipment exposes nurses to stress and a higher risk of occupational burnout. Humour can promote nurses' health and influence nursing care. The aim of this study was to describe nurses' experiences of humour in clinical settings and factors affecting it. METHODS This qualitative study investigated nurses' exp...

BACKGROUND The main objective of nursing is to provide comprehensive nursing care that is appropriate to patients' needs. However, the incidence of missed nursing care compromises the provision of comprehensive and safe care and threatens patients' lives. Thus, this in-depth qualitative study aimed to explore nurses' experiences of missed care and factors affecting it. The aim of this study was...

This study aimed to identify the (in)visibility of nursing care and discuss ways of (dis)articulating this care with family care in the social network of children with special healthcare needs. A qualitative research was performed with health professionals at a pediatric hospital, four units of the Family Medical Program (FMP), and children's relatives living in Niterói (RJ). The field work was...

The main intention of this paper is to examine an overview the Qualitative research method. This method usually explores complex nature phenomena or social reality as experienced by a person's expression, attitude, culture, beliefs, ideas, and intentions. Humongous changes are transpiring now, one technological uprising that correlates people through several platforms. second outburst academic ...