Table 2: Meaning of a good nurse.

Codes Subcategories Categories
Providing patient comfort Having warm emotions and love for the patient Leans in toward the patient
Maintaining a warm heart
Respecting patients
Establishing trust with patients Establishing good rapport with the patient
Trying to listen and empathize with patients
Trying to dispel prejudice and become objective Advocating for the patient
Trying to find patients’ discomfort and to represent patients’ considerations
Answering and explaining patients’ questions Providing information to the patient Provides professional care
Constant study of nursing Providing evidence-based care
Providing nursing based on scientific evidence
Precisely knowing appropriate nursing interventions
Providing nursing intervention quickly in prioritized order Providing prompt, skillful, and accurate care
Having a calm attitude in an emergency
Considering various aspects of the patient Providing patients holistic care
Striving to improve health by improving patient's awareness
Recognizing the need for legal support for nurses Providing solid care through socio-environmental support
Requiring an environment that can provide high quality nursing care
Striving to overcome prejudice against nurses
Trying to control feelings Self-management Keeps the cornerstone of one’s mind with a positive attitude
Taking good care of one’s own health
Maintaining a positive attitude
Taking the initiative and setting an example Being responsible for maintaining a positive outlook
To act with conscience
Solving problems with accurate communication Having positive partnerships with other therapists Maintains a good relationship with colleagues
Showing an open attitude
Developing positive partnerships
Accepting and trusting colleagues Having comradeship
Representing colleagues
Having professionalism Establishing an identity as a nurse Matures with her/his nursing philosophy and conviction
Having vision and goals
Approaching nursing philosophy as an art Having one’s own nursing philosophy
Overcoming difficulties and succeeding Growing through change
Growing with the patient
Engaging in activities in various fields Various roles and activities that nurses perform Contributes to society
Contributing to society