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Background & Aim: Although compassionate care is recognized as a core component of nursing care, there is not still a precise definition about this complex and challenging concept. This study aimed to analyze the concept of compassionate care in nursing using a hybrid model.

Methods & Materials: A three-phase hybrid model (theoretical, field work, and final analysis) was used in this study. In the theoretical phase, the concept of compassionate care was searched in main databases from 2000 to 2016. In the field work phase, in-depth, face to face interviews were done with 11 nurses. The content analysis method was used to analyze the data. Final analysis was done in the last phase.

Results: The results of the final analysis showed that compassionate care is a process in which nurses interactively communicate with patients, try to explore patients’ concerns by putting themselves in their positions and understanding their situations, and do their utmost to eliminate these concerns.

Conclusion: According to this concept analysis, the constructive interaction between nurse and patient is one of the most important features of compassionate care that has not been mentioned in previous definitions. Also in this study, the nurses emphasized that they did their best to resolve the patients’ concerns. Therefore, the current study could be the basis for future studies in the area of compassionate care.

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Background & Aim: Culturally sensitive care is an essential component of professional development process and one of the predictive factors of nurses’ cultural competency. This care is the most important approach to improve the quality of nursing care in culturally diverse groups. The current study aimed to explore the consequences of culturally sensitive care in pediatric nursing.

Methods & Materials: This study is a qualitative study using conventional content analysis. 25 nurses and 9 parents were purposefully selected with maximum variation sampling from the pediatric wards of three referral teaching hospitals in Tabriz and Tehran in 2015-2016. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and field notes and simultaneously analyzed using MAXQDA software version 10.

Results: The consequences of culturally sensitive care in pediatric nursing emerged in two categories: justice-based care (with three subcategories: the lack of cultural bias, culture-based communication and effective participation) and cultural satisfaction (with two subcategories: reduced cultural stress and safe care). Culturally sensitive care prevents misunderstandings and improves nurse-child/parents communication and leads to parents’ honesty to share information and express cultural needs. The expression of cultural needs decreases stress levels in parents and children and results in safe care by reducing intractable traditional treatment.

Conclusion: According to the findings of this study, it is suggested that effective culturally sensitive interventions in pediatric wards should be included in in-service courses and nursing curriculum.

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Background & Aim: Patient participation is an important component of the patient-centered care approach and part of patients’ rights, with positive outcomes for the health care system. The aim of this study was to explore the nurses' experiences of patient participation in nursing care and its related factors.
Methods & Materials: This qualitative study was carried out with the participation of 18 nurses working in educational hospitals of Tabriz in 2019. The purposeful sampling through semi-structured interviews and focus group sessions was used to collect the data. Data analysis was performed using conventional content analysis. To achieve the accuracy of the data, the Lincoln and Guba criteria were used.
Results: Analysis of the data resulted in four main categories "giving information, decision-making, collaboration and respect". The patient’s participation from the nurses’ perspectives was: an interactive process of decision-making and collaboration between the nurse and the patient with the exchange of information, respect, and permission from the patient. The results also included the prerequisites, domains, outcomes, barriers, and solutions for patient participation in nursing care.
Conclusion: Patient participation today is considered the legal right of the patient and also the gold standard of international health care systems. So nurses, health system policy makers, patients and academic centers can use these results to improve patient participation in the care.