Nurse Perspectives of Maintaining Patient Dignity in Indonesian Clinical Care Settings: A Multicenter Qualitative Study

摘要: Purpose Nurses have a professional obligation to maintain patient dignity when providing nursing care. The concept of dignity, however, is dependent on cultural context. aim this study was elicit nurses' perspectives for maintaining in Indonesian clinical care settings. Design A qualitative descriptive performed. Methods total 40 nurse participants were recruited by purposive sampling from six general public hospitals Eastern Java, Indonesia, including medical and surgical units. Data collected 2017 using individual face-to-face semistructured interviews. Inductive content analysis employed. Findings interview data revealed nurses considered three main elements necessary care: personalized care, which included prioritizing patients treating as individuals; compassionate empathizing emotional support; advocacy, protecting rights being representative the patient. Conclusions This provided knowledge how perspective Indonesia. Our findings highlight importance dignified manner that congruent with culture. our compassion beneficence values patient-centered might be qualities are culturally sensitive an population. Clinical relevance Strategies should developed improve hospitalized Indonesia well other settings, could incorporated into These include improving patients' health literacy increase communication, eliminating mixed-gender wards enhance privacy, involving family members partners