Promoting patient-centred fundamental care in acute healthcare systems

R Feo, A Kitson - International journal of nursing studies, 2016 - Elsevier
Meeting patients' fundamental care needs is essential for optimal safety and recovery and
positive experiences within any healthcare setting. There is growing international evidence …

Uncovering treatment burden as a key concept for stroke care: a systematic review of qualitative research

K Gallacher, D Morrison, B Jani, S Macdonald… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Patients with chronic disease may experience complicated management plans
requiring significant personal investment. This has been termed 'treatment burden'and has …

The fundamentals of care framework as a point-of-care nursing theory

AL Kitson - Nursing research, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background Nursing theories have attempted to shape the everyday practice of clinical
nurses and patient care. However, many theories—because of their level of abstraction and …

Towards a standardised definition for fundamental care: A modified Delphi study

R Feo, T Conroy, E Jangland… - Journal of clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To generate a standardised definition for fundamental care and identify
the discrete elements that constitute such care. Background There is poor conceptual clarity …

Anything but basic: nursing's challenge in meeting patients' fundamental care needs

AL Kitson, Å Muntlin Athlin, T Conroy… - Journal of Nursing …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Nursing has not explored the fundamental aspects of patient care in a systematic,
conceptually coherent, scientific way, and this has created a number of ongoing challenges …

Interventions to improve communication between people with dementia and nursing staff during daily nursing care: A systematic review

M Machiels, SF Metzelthin, JPH Hamers… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background To provide adequate nursing care it is important for nursing staff to
communicate effectively with people with dementia. Due to their limited communication …

How fundamental aspects of nursing care are defined in the literature: A scoping review

R Feo, A Kitson, T Conroy - Journal of clinical nursing, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To investigate how fundamental aspects of nursing care have been
defined in the literature from 2010–2016. Background A 2010 narrative review of nursing …

Measuring the impact of a 'point of view'disability simulation on nursing students' empathy using the Comprehensive State Empathy Scale

T Levett-Jones, S Lapkin, N Govind, J Pich… - Nurse education …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Although empathy is an integral component of professional practice and person-
centred care, a body of research has identified that vulnerable patients groups frequently …

Speaking up for fundamental care: The ILC Aalborg statement

A Kitson, D Carr, T Conroy, R Feo, M Grønkjær… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The International Learning Collaborative (ILC) is an organisation dedicated to
understanding why fundamental care, the care required by all patients regardless of clinical …

Patients' and nurses' experiences of fundamental nursing care: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis

C Pentecost, J Frost, HVR Sugg, A Hilli… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To systematically identify, appraise and synthesise patients', residents'
and nurses' experiences of fundamental nursing care for nutrition, elimination, mobility and …