This study was designed to holistically examine the effects of curative nursing care practices based on human caring theory on frail patients and their caregivers undergoing knee arthroplasty.
Literate
Speak and understand Turkish
Be over 18 years of age
Have a patient they care for undergoing knee arthroplasty
Developing serious surgical complications (e.g., infection, embolism, prosthesis rejection, etc.) after knee arthroplasty
Admission to the intensive care unit after surgery
Re-surgery during the postoperative period
Death of the patient during the study