The essence and meaning of aesthetics in patient care as experienced by nurses: A systematic review protocol

Sine Maria Herholdt-Lomholdt, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

Abstract

This systematic review seeks to identify, appraise and synthesize available qualitative studies describing nurses’ experiences of the essence and meaning of the phenomenon ‘‘aesthetics’’ in patient care.
The specific purpose of the review is to examine the qualitative literature to describe nurses’ experiences of the phenomenon ‘‘aesthetics’’ within patient care in healthcare settings.
More specifically, from the nurses’ perspectives, the aims are:
To describe the essence of aesthetics within patient care.
To describe the meaning of aesthetics within patient care.
To describe what an aesthetic sensitivity requires.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJBI Database of Systematic Reviews & Implementation Reports
Volume14
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)3-9
Number of pages7
ISSN2202-4433
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2016

Cite this