A focused ethnography of the culture of inclusive caring practice in the intensive care unit

Aim: To explore and understand the culture of nurses' multidimensional "caring-for" practice in intensive care unit (ICU). Design: A focused ethnography. Methods: Data were collected from 35 Registered Nurses through participant observations, field notes, documentation reviews, interviews, informal conversations and Participants' additional information forms over 6 months in one ICU. Thematic data analysis was used. Findings: Different dimensions of nursing caring in ICU were found. The inclusivity of a culture of nurses' "caring-for" involved the following: oneself, patients and their families, different colleagues, and caring as ecological consciousness in the ICU environment and organization.