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Professional Behavior to Promote Safe Nursing Care in Intensive Care Units: A Qualitative Content Analysis
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Mozhdeh Tajari    , Tahereh Ashktorab * , Abbas Ebadi |
| Department of Nursing, TeMS.C., Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , t.ashktorab@iau.ac.ir |
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Abstract: (37 Views) |
Background and aim: Ensuring safe care is paramount to the delivery of quality healthcare services, especially in intensive care units (ICUs) where patients require specialized care. Despite the fact that the provision of safe care depends on nurses' professional behavior, the components of professional behavior in ICUs have received less attention from the researchers. Therefore, this study aims to clarify the components of professional behavior to promote safe nursing care in ICUs.
Materials and Methods: This study adopted a qualitative research design with conventional content analysis approach, and was conducted in Iran from January to June 2022. Participants were purposively selected and included 20 individuals consisting of nurses, intensivists, patients, and patients' family members. Data were collected through 20 semi-structured interviews. Data analysis was performed using the approach outlined by Lindgren et al. (2020).
Results: The research findings revealed a main theme called “professional behavior”, and three categories including compliance with policies (with 13 subcategories), organizing communication (with 5 subcategories) and professional ethics (with 3 subcategories).
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, the components of professional behavior include compliance with policies, organizing communication, and professional ethics. To ensure patient safety, education and training on these components must be provided to healthcare workers. The results of this study can be used for educational, research, and policy-making purposes to promote patient safety in ICUs.
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| Keywords: Safe care, professional behavior, intensive care units, qualitative content analysis. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2025/10/22 | Accepted: 2024/03/20 | Published: 2024/03/20
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