Table 3 Example of the qualitative content analysis process

“I have been officially hired for 20 years, during this time, we have never received educational information about eye care.

This topic has never been raised in educational priorities (P7).

The nurse noticed that is aware of the importance of eye care training for the ICU personnel

Inadequate training for nurses

-Insufficient attention of the head nurses to the training needs of personnel

Nurse’s low cognitive skills

Inadequate clinical and professional competence of nurses

Instances of lack of evidence-based approach

“Most nurses do not know about the exact part of the eye that should receive medication, the interval between medications, and the symptoms that should be reported to the physician. Although training these information and eye infection prevention methods to nurses is important, usually, more vital training is considered in educational needs assessment and eye care has been neglected.“ (P4)

Head nurses admit to inadequate knowledge of nurses in the field of eye care and how to provide standard and principled care

-Inappropriate educational needs assessment