Table 4. Workplace evaluation by bedside senior nurses and self-assessment at post-course stage.

Distribution of frequency	senior nurses workplace assessments of clinical application of holistic nursing skills
	respiratory ICU	pediatrics ICU	newborn ICU	gynecological ICU
[“ always / often/ occasionally/ rarely ”]	19/17/29/35%	18/33/19/30%	22/20/24/34%	30/31/11/28%
-“ always + often+ occasionally”(%)	65%	70%	66%	72%
frequency of application are grades as “ always ” [75-100% of times], “ often ” [50-75% of times], “ occasionally ” [ 25-50% of times], “ rarely ” [<25% of times]
Distribution of confidence	self-assessment confidence of nursing attendees for the clinical application of holistic nursing skills
	respiratory ICU	pediatrics ICU	newborn ICU	gynecological ICU
[“ very confident of”, “ somewhath confident of”, “ not confident of”, “ very not confident of”]	22/30/34/14%	31/29/22/16%	25/29/32/14%	35/25/28/12%
“ very confident of + somewhat confident of”(%)	52%	60%	54%	60%