Table 2 Theme Clusters and Themes of the Nurses’ Experience in the Integrated Nursing Ward
Theme Cluster | Theme |
|---|---|
Distorted perceptions of the integrated nursing care ward | Being treated like an attendant |
High expectations from family and patients | |
Patients who do not hesitate to ask for personal favors | |
Challenges owing to distorted perceptions of the integrated nursing care ward | Being confused about roles and identity |
Feeling the urge to resign | |
Experiencing physical symptoms of stress | |
Loneliness and fighting alone | Unable to leave the ward even for a moment due to the fear of patients falling |
Responsibility rests solely with the nurse | |
Humiliation and harassment by patients | Exposure to verbal abuse and sexual harassment |
Patients’ different behaviors to their face and behind their back | |
Being ridiculed | |
Practicing textbook holistic care | Assessing the patient from head to toe |
Caring for patients attentively and specifically | |
Quickly detecting the patient’s condition | |
The pride felt only in the integrated nursing care ward | High patient satisfaction |
Gratitude for reducing the burden on the family | |
Building trust |