Communicating with mechanically ventilated patients who are awake. A qualitative study on the experience of critical care nurses in Cyprus during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Maria Kyranou ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Kyranou, Chariklia Cheta, Eliada Pampoulou

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: maria.kyranou@cut.ac.cy

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8724-2429

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• Chariklia Cheta ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Kyranou, Chariklia Cheta, Eliada Pampoulou

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation American Medical Center/American Heart Institute, Strovolos, Cyprus

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• Eliada Pampoulou

  Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Kyranou, Chariklia Cheta, Eliada Pampoulou

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

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