A Nurse Caring Behavior Protocol on Postoperative Cardiac Patient Satisfaction

"Nursing interventions based on caring behaviors protocol was provided as follows:~* Caring behaviors during ICU admission and orientation processes included orienting patients to time, place, and person.~* Caring behaviors during physical care informing patients regarding the purpose and expected duration of mechanical ventilator use.~* Caring behaviors during psychological care included offering religious sound meditation.~* Caring behaviors during social interaction included maintaining eye contact during nurse-patient interaction.~* Caring behaviors during health teaching included providing health teaching for patients.~* Caring behaviors during maintaining a safe healing environment included providing patients with an explanation regarding nursing activities."

Routine nursing care was concentrated mainly on hard skills of physically demanding care such as monitoring vital signs.