Background Cultural competence is one of the principal foundations of clinical nursing. It
has not yet been clearly defined and analysed and there are different views regarding this …

Background Nurses experience an intrinsic sense of fulfillment derived from their work in
caring for other people. There is a need to further investigate the concept of compassion …

The term person-centered care (PCC) has been frequently used in the literature, but there is
no consensus about its meaning. This article uses Walker and Avants's method of concept …

Background Nursing professionalism plays an important role in clinical nursing. However, a
clear conceptual understanding of nursing professionalism is lacking. Method Walker and …

Getting evidence into practice: the role and function of facilitation Aim of paper. This paper
presents the findings of a concept analysis of facilitation in relation to successful …

Objectives To clarify the meaning and reduce ambiguities of the concept cultural
competence, and promote consistency in using the concept in nursing dialog, research, and …

Background Confusion exists over the definition of the care pathway concept and existing
conceptual frameworks contain various inadequacies which have led to implementation …

Aims and background The term 'clinical pathway'is internationally accepted in all settings of
healthcare management. The way in which clinical pathways have been developed in the …

Background For oncology nurses, compassion fatigue, burn out and compassion
satisfactions are frequently experienced psychosocial consequences of the oncology work …

Decision fatigue is an applicable concept to healthcare psychology. Due to a lack of
conceptual clarity, we present a concept analysis of decision fatigue. A search of the term …