Professional nurses' facilitation of self-care in intensive care units: A concept analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This article aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the concept of self-care in the intensive care unit and outline its defining attributes, antecedents, consequences and empirical referents.

Methods

The literature was searched electronically using databases such as CINAHL, Medline, Psych INFO, ERIC, ScienceDirect, Amed, EBSCO (Health Source: Nursing and Academic Edition), Sage, Ujoogle and Google Scholar. Articles from 2013 to 2020 were searched to target recent and up-to-date information about the definitions, attributes, antecedents and consequences of the concept of self-care. Walker and Avant's framework was utilised to analyse the concept of self-care.

Results

The results of the concept analysis identified seven attributes, namely process, activity, c

SUBMITTER: Chipu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7434369 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature