| Code | Sub-category | Category |
| There are times when I cannot keep up with the speed of procedures | feeling unable to keep up with the speed of procedures | playing one’s role in treatment and procedures for emergency and critical patients |
| It takes a lot of time and effort to treat critical patients and this makes me feel nervous | caring for critical patients requiring time and effort | |
| I have to be particularly careful about instructions to change medication for critical patients | ||
| It is stressful if there is a continuous flow of patients requiring a heart-lung machine | ||
| I have to take so many images if there are many extremely critical patients at the same time | ||
| Symptoms of walk-in patients can deteriorate suddenly | sudden deterioration of non-critical patients | |
| One cannot really anticipate what is going to happen in emergency care | tension due to the unpredictable nature of emergency care | |
| There is a sense of tension because we have to deal with patients brought in by air ambulance | ||
| There is nothing steady and predictable in emergency care | ||
| I have to deal with non-critical patients who I suspect do not need emergency care | dealing with non-critical patients who use emergency centers as a convenient place to get care, as well as criminals | accommodating the patient’s background and coming to terms with the outcome |
| People use emergency and critical care centers as a convenient and quick place to get medical care | ||
| Even if the patient is a crimical, I have to use my best knowledge and skills to care him | ||
| My emotions vary considerably depending on the outcome | unbearable outcome and death of critical patients | |
| It is extremely sad and hard when the patient’s life was not saved | ||
| It is unbearable and mentally demanding to watch someone die | ||
| I become mentally drained when a patient died | ||
| Whether to accept a patient or not is determined by his condition and availability of nurses | making arrangements depending on the seriousness of the patient’s condition and availability of staff | difficulties in liaising with other professionals |
| When I receive a hotline call, I have to understand the seriousness of the patient’s condition and arrange for nurses to be positioned appropriately | ||
| I have to take images as quickly as possible if the patient has a trauma or is intubated | ||
| I cannot focus on critical patients when I have a lot of non-critical patients in my care | multiple burden when a number of patients are brought in at the same time | |
| Things do not go well if there are no beds available for arriving patients | ||
| I become exhausted with giving procedures when many critical patients are admitted at the same time | ||
| I have to provide extra/additional care to those patients who are in a more serious condition than others | situations where a nurse cannot cope alone | |
| There are times when I struggle to care a critical patient by myself; it is difficult to predict nursing requirements |