Evaluating Humanisation in Intensive Care Nursing Practice: An Exploratory Study Using the HUMAS Scale

Background

Humanised care is central to nursing practice, yet sustaining relational and emotionally responsive care may be particularly challenging in intensive care environments characterised by technological complexity, clinical instability and repeated exposure to suffering. Humanisation should therefore be understood not as a single professional attribute, but as a multidimensional and context-dependent aspect of nursing practice.