Introduction: Patient advocacy is a central concept for the profession of nursing as it assures patient rights and safety. This article presents the findings from a study which explored the perceptions of patient advocacy from Muslim ICU nurses. Methods and participants: Our study utilized a constructivist grounded theory approach. Thirteen registered intensive care nurses from an adult critica…
Health care providers (HCP) who work in the operating room (OR) or post anesthesia care unit (PACU) have a greater opportunity to cross contaminate patients because of high workloads and frequent patient contact events. The current prevalence of health care-associated infections (HCAI) is a major health concern and patient contact in the OR and PACU can be a contributing factor due to microbial…