First-Hand Recommendations for Nursing Management to Support Nurses Involved in the Process of Hastened Death: A Systematic Review of the Qualitative Evidence

Table 3

ConQual scores of synthesised findings.

Synthesised finding	Type of research	Dependability^†	Credibility^‡	ConQual score
If nurses are to provide good care, they need sufficient time resources	Qualitative	High	Downgrade 1 level	Moderate
If nurses are to provide good care, they need a supporting team	Qualitative	High	High	High
If nurses are to provide good care, they need clear guidelines and policies	Qualitative	High	High	High
If nurses are to provide good care, they need professional skills	Qualitative	High	Downgrade 1 level	Moderate
If nurses are to provide good care, they need personal skills	Qualitative	High	High	High
If nurses are to provide good care, they need social skills	Qualitative	High	Downgrade 1 level	Moderate
If nurses are to provide good care, they need to change their perspective	Qualitative	High	Downgrade 1 level	Moderate
If nurses are to provide good care, they must act as mediators	Qualitative	High	Downgrade 1 level	Moderate
If nurses are to provide good care, they need to know that there will be emotional ups and downs	Qualitative	High	High	High
If nurses are to provide good care, they need to know that hastened death will affect palliative care	Qualitative	High	Downgrade 1 level	Moderate

Note: ^†High: the dependability score of more than 50% of the contributing studies is 4 or 5. ^‡High: the synthesised finding contains only unequivocal findings. Downgrade 1 level: the synthesised finding contains a mixture of unequivocal and equivocal findings.