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Table 4 Conceptual understanding of Nursing for patients with IDD

From: Nurses’ experiences of caring for patients with intellectual developmental disorders: a systematic review using a meta-ethnographic approach

LOA Synthesis

Nursing for People with IDD*

LOA Synthesis

Nursing Per Se

A

Based on long-term relationships

B

Rests its foundation on trust

C

Go beyond verbal communication alone

D

Be forward planning

F

Work against negative attitudes and alienation

E

Include relevant others to offer quality care

G

Raise the bar in nursing for this patient group

H

Acknowledge the person behind the label of disability

J

Take unpredictable situations into account

I

Based on evidence-based practice

N

Understand the complexity of this patient group

K

Knowledge and skills beyond the diagnosis (here IDD)

  

L

Inter-professional collaboration

  

M

Entails advocacy and safe guarding

  1. * = LOA synthesis interpreted to represent a tentatively distinct conceptualization of nursing