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Article History

Received: 19 September 2022

Accepted: 9 February 2023

First Online: 9 March 2023

Declarations

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: Ethical clearance was obtained from University of Gondar, college of medicine and health science, Ethical Review Committee of school of nursing with ethical approval number S/N/254/2014. A formal letter of cooperation was written for each hospital and subsequently, permission was obtained from the hospitals’ quality assurance offices, medical directors and ICU coordinators. Data were kept anonymously by coding and the data recorded on mobile was locked with a password to keep confidentiality. As the study was conducted through a review of patient charts, no consent was obtained from the patients. Information about specific personal identifiers like the patients’ name were not collected, so it did not inflict any harm on the patients. All the processes of the research were performed and secured following the relevant guidelines and regulations.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.