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This study provides information necessary for further discussion of nurses' conscientious objection. Nursing leaders, researchers, and educators should appeal to nurses and involve them in making policies that balance a women's right to non-discrimination and to receiving appropriate care with nurses' rights to maintain their moral integrity without compromising their professional obligation.

This study captured the economic value of an education and counselling service provided by critical care advanced practice nurses that is not on the benefit list under the fee-for-service system of the Korean National Health System. Policy makers should consider including such services in the health care system.

Patients who were from the coronary care unit or had been stayed longer (up to 4 days) in the ICU were significantly associated with higher anxiety level.

Discussions about making the withdrawal and withholding of artificial nutrition legal should be initiated. Moreover, education regarding evidence about the outcomes of EN and PN during end-of-life care and up-to-date clinical guidelines about it should be provided.

To improve quality of life in patients with multimorbidities, nursing interventions that support patients who live alone and have complicated disease-related issues and that reduce sedentary behavior should be developed.

Enhancing nurses' job satisfaction is crucial for fostering the retention of the nursing workforce amid the pandemic. Consequently, it is imperative to closely examine the job satisfaction and work environment of frontline nurses to identify areas in need of improvement. Addressing the factors that impede nurses' job satisfaction is essential to unlock the positive effects of a sense of calling and job-esteem.

LLDs should be supported in obtaining more accurate and realistic information about surgical outcomes to decrease unmet expectations, which may help improve their quality of life.

Cultural diversity is a highly important issue in nursing education and nursing practice today. This study is a philosophical approach to the power relationship between a health care provider and a care recipient. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationships between nurses and ethnic minority patients based on the discussions of some Foucauldian concepts that are related to cultural diversity. Based on the analysis, this study provides some suggestions for cultural competency i