UNMET CARE PERCEPTIONS OF INTENSIVE CARE NURSES

Primary outcomes

1. What is the perception of care among intensive care nurses?

   Time frame: April-September 2023

   This study is a qualitative design study conducted with intensive care nurses. In the study, a purposeful sampling method was used in accordance with the qualitative research approach. The number of participants was determined according to data saturation and was based on the voluntary participation of a total of 20 intensive care nurses. During the interview, participants were asked to fill out a personal information form and expert opinions on the subject, as well as in-depth interview questions in a semi-structured information form consisting of eight questions. Data were collected through face-to-face individual interviews with nurses working in the intensive care unit of a Training and Research Hospital between April and September 2023. In-depth interview questions were prepared in line with literature knowledge and expert opinions were obtained.

2. What are the thoughts of intensive care nurses regarding the perception of unmet care?

   Time frame: April-September 2023

   After the interviews were completed, the raw data were manually transcribed by the researchers. The content analysis method was used in the evaluation of the data. The data were read several times by the researchers and codes were created from each word, sentence and paragraph. The analysis of the data was carried out manually using the level coding system and themes were created. Level coding was applied as open coding (first level), selective coding (second level), themes (third level) (Yıldırım & Şimşek 2016). After this stage, the relevant codes were classified and themes and sub-themes were created (Elo & Kyngäs, 2008; Vaismoradi et al., 2013).