Table 2.
Summary information on selected studies (n = 16)
| Study number | Summary reference (and country) |
|---|---|
| Critical care units | |
| 1 | Calvin et al. 2007 |
| The neuroscience ICU nurse's perceptions about end-of-life care (USA) | |
| 2 | Gutierrez 2005 |
| Critical care nurses' perceptions of and responses to moral distress (USA) | |
| 3 | Halcomb et al. 2004 |
| An insight into Australian nurses' experience of withdrawal/withholding of treatment in the ICU (Australia) | |
| 4 | Hawley & Jensen 2007 |
| Making a difference in critical care nursing practice (Canada) | |
| 5 | Hov et al. 2007 |
| Being an intensive care nurse related to questions of withholding or withdrawing curative treatment (Norway) | |
| 6 | Kociszewski 2004 |
| Spiritual care: A phenomenologic study of critical care nurses (USA) | |
| 7 | Söderberg et al. 1999 |
| Transforming desolation into consolation: the meaning of being in situations of ethical difficulty in intensive care (Sweden) | |
| 8 | Wilkin & Slevin 2004 |
| The meaning of caring to nurses: an investigation into the nature of caring work in an intensive care unit (Ireland) | |
| General wards | |
| 9 | Eriksson & Saveman 2002 |
| Nurses' experiences of abusive/non-abusive caring for demented patients in acute care settings (Sweden) | |
| 10 | Hopkinson & Hallett 2002, Hopkinson et al. 2003 |
| Good death? An exploration of newly qualified nurses' understanding of good death Caring for dying people in hospital. (UK) | |
| 11 | Mackintosh 2007 |
| Protecting the self: A descriptive qualitative exploration of how registered nurses cope with working in surgical areas (UK) | |
| 12 | Nolan 2006, 2007 |
| Caring connections with older persons with dementia in an acute hospital setting–a hermeneutic interpretation of the staff nurse's experience Caring for people with dementia in the acute setting: a study of nurses' views (Ireland) | |
| 13 | Nordam et al. 2005 |
| Ethical challenges in the care of older people and risk of being burned out among male nurses (Norway) | |
| 14 | Quinn 2003 |
| Exploring nurses' experiences of supporting a cancer patient in their search for meaning (UK) | |
| Critical care and general wards | |
| 15 | De Bal et al. 2006 |
| Involvement of nurses in caring for patients requesting euthanasia in Flanders (Belgium): A qualitative study (Belgium) | |
| 16 | Kociszewski 2003 |
| A phenomenological pilot study of the nurses' experience providing spiritual care (USA) | |