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Article History

Received: 24 October 2023

Accepted: 25 June 2024

First Online: 6 July 2024

Declarations

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: The study was carried out in accordance with the guidelines for empirical studies in Sweden. Permission to interview the nurses was given by the respective ward manager. No formal approval from the Regional Ethics Review Board was required according to The Act concerning the Ethical Review of Research Involving Humans: SFS 2003:460 § 3 [] for this kind of non-interventional study involving healthcare professionals, which does not involve any risk of processing sensitive personal data; hence, no ethical review was made since the act does not apply to research not covered by the law. Nevertheless, our work followed the ethical principles for medical research in the Declaration of Helsinki []. The nurses were given both oral and written information, and written informed consent was obtained. The voluntary nature of participation and the possibility of withdrawing without prejudice were explained. The identities of the nurses are protected by the confidential handling of data in accordance with EU regulations [], and the results are described in such a way as to conceal the identity of any individual nurse. The authors took into consideration the fact that the interviews could be experienced as stressful or that the nurses could take offense. It could be that during the interview, they would be reminded of situations that were perceived as challenging or where the patient was not perceived as having received good care. The interviewer was attentive to situations such as these arising and was prepared to give the participants the opportunity to take a break or discontinue participation if they themselves wished to do so, without having to provide any explanation. This situation did not arise during any of the interviews. The data are safely long-term stored and will be archived according to the Archives Act [].

: Yes

: The authors declare no competing interests.