The perceived impact of ICU work environment on continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) practice, ICU nurses' performance, quality of care, and patient safety in adult ICUs: a mixed methods study

The specific aims of this exploratory sequential mixed methods study were to 1) describe the impact of the ICU work environment on CRRT nursing practice and ICU nurses’ performance, quality of care, and patient safety; 2) identify ICU nurses’ perceptions of factors in the ICU work environment that influence their performance when managing CRRT and affect quality and safety outcomes; 3) generate a substantive grounded theory of the ICU work environment and CRRT nursing practice; and 4) develop and test an instrument to measure the perceived impact of the ICU work environment on CRRT nursing practice, quality of care, and patient safety.