The descriptive category caring as person-centredness reflected the most comprehensive way in which the nurses understood caring, i.e. the core of caring.
At its heart are core values of care, respect, resilience and harmony, leading to core competencies: self-awareness, management of relationships, responsible decision-making.
The e-checklist contained nine core 'process-of-care' statements (see Table 1), for the medical team to explore for each individual patient (i.e. the checklist was not designed to replace clinical decision-making).
The e-checklist contained nine core 'process-of-care' statements (see Table 1), for the medical team to explore for each individual patient (i.e. the checklist was not designed to replace clinical decision-making).
Hence, assessment of disease control is a core component of care and underpins management decisions.
An initial survey instrument was developed that included the core components of care associated with each treatment phase.
Physicians' decision selection within each of the four core areas of care; laboratory testing, imaging, treatment and consult decisions, and the rationales behind selected clinical decisions were determined.
In order for the toolkit to have cross-country validity, it was recognised that it needed to incorporate core characteristics of care, whatever their service context.
As for longitudinal continuity, we have already reported its importance as a core component of care quality and driver for service use by patients with SMD [ 61].
The two most common rationales for clinical management strategies within the four core areas of care were supportive evidence and local practice patterns.
