Objective: This study explored nurses' perceptions of the core competencies required for providing postresuscitation care in both in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Design: Qualitative conventional content analysis.
Participants: 17 nurses selected with purposeful sampling method.
Setting: Three educational hospitals in northwest of Iran.
Data collection and analysis: Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection and they were analysed using conventional content analysis.
Results: Seven main categories have emerged from the data. The core competencies for nurses providing postresuscitation were identified as: quality assurance, providing evidence-based care, monitoring and presence, situation management, professionalism, positive attitude and providing family centred care.
Conclusions: The postresuscitation period is a unique and critical time requiring highly competent nursing care. Several core competencies for providing high-quality nursing care during postresuscitation period were identified through nurses' experience in caring for patients postresuscitation.
Keywords: adult intensive & critical care; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; qualitative research.
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