Dignity represents the essence of nursing care; hence, nurses are professionally responsible for promoting understanding about the promotion, provision, and preservation of every patient’s dignity, while considering contextual differences. The aim of this study was to explore the factors that influence, promote, or compromise patient dignity. A purposeful sample of 14 participants with hospitalization experience was chosen, and individual in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted for data collection. Using inductive content analysis, the themes and subthemes related to factors influencing patients’ dignity were explored: “persona” (“personal beliefs” and “personal characteristics”), “communication behaviors” (“verbal interaction,” “body language,” “compassionate behavior,” and “devoting enough time”), and “staff conduct” (“professional commitment,” “adequate human resources,” and “staff’s proficiency and competency”). The findings revealed that it is essential to expand nurses’ insights and knowledge about preserving patients’ dignity and the factors that influence these. Recognizing and focusing on these factors will help nurses to establish practical measures for preserving and promoting patients’ dignity and providing more dignified care at the bedside.

Purpose: To explore nurses’ attitudes and experience toward the barriers to achieving patient-centered care in the critical care setting. Methods: A qualitative exploratory design with thematic analysis approach was used to collect and analyze data, and identify barriers to patient-centered care. Data collection was based on in-depth semi-structured interviews. Findings: Data analyses resulted in the identification of three themes: (a) lack of common understanding of teamwork, (b) individual barriers, and (c) organizational barriers. Conclusion: This study goes beyond reporting problems with patient-centered care to try to understand why patients do not always receive high-quality care. Implication for Nursing Practice: For achieving patient-centered care, not only nurses’ individual efforts in following up-to-date evidence-based practice and having a holistic view are necessary, but also team coordination, organizational support, and elimination of nursing job problems.

Objective: Early motherhood and its impact on mothers, children, families and communities is a prevalent health challenge in developing countries that needs to be urgently explored. The aim of this study was exploring the challenges encountered by Iranian adolescent mothers during the transition to motherhood.