Background: One of the major concerns in intensive care units is caring. There was no universally accepted definition of the phenomenon, instead of decades of research in this field. Purpose: The study presented here was designed to explore the meaning of caring, particularly from the nurses working at a renowned intensive coronary care unit (ICCU). Method: Volunteers participated in semi-struc...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Introduction In the recent years, we have assisted to a change prototype patient admitted Critical Coronary Care Unit (CCCU), with an increasing number patients due acute heart failure (AHF) and reduction diagnosed coronary syndrome (ACS). It is common in these requirement ventilatory support, both invasive (IMV) non-invasive. As ...