Background: In today's healthcare, it is common for patients to be treated with other patients in a shared room. Patients' experience of being cared for in a shared room can be experienced differently from individual to individual. Purpose: The purpose of this literature review is to investigate patients’ experience of being cared for in a shared room. Method: Literature study with qualitative studies and quantitative studies from the databases CINAHL and PubMed. Results: The result is based on 13 studies with qualitative and quantitative methods. After reviewing all the articles, it resulted in three themes, “Privacy, Well-being and Environment”. The patients had a positive experience with the shared room as it brought a community between the patients in the ward, it created an opportunity to find comfort and think about something other than their health condition. High noise level, impaired sleep, room structure with limited access to windows were perceived as something negative for the patients' experience of being cared for in a shared room. The patients also felt that their integrity and dignity were not respected to the same extent in a shared room. Conclusion: Patients' experiences of being cared for in a shared room can differ greatly. In order for nurses to be able to adapt the care, when it is possible, to each individual patient's needs, it is important to know which factors are decisive for the patients' health. The care environment is of great importance for the psychosocial environment, shared room can both increase well-being but can also give a negative experience for the patient.

Bakgrund: Egenskaperna i en vårdmiljö påverkar patienterna som vårdas i den och ärdärför något som sjuksköterskan måste reflektera över. För att kunna erbjuda enhögkvalitativ personcentrerad vård behöver sjuksköterskors tidigare erfarenheteravseende vård i de olika salstyperna belysas. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturstudien var attbeskriva sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av personcentrerad omvårdnad i en vårdmiljöbestående av enkelsalar och flerbäddssalar. Metod: En allmän litteraturstudie medinduktiv ansats genomfördes med nio vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativ metod (5)och mixad metod (4). Data sammanställdes genom en innehållsanalys. Resultat:Innehållsanalysen identifierade två kategorier till resultatet: sjuksköterskorserfarenheter av personcentrerad omvårdnad i enkelsal samt sjuksköterskorserfarenheter av personcentrerad omvårdnad i flerbäddssal. Tre underkategorier perhuvudrubrik uppstod också efter analysen. I resultatet framkom både för- ochnackdelar relaterat till personcentrerad omvårdnad i de båda salstyperna. I enkelsalarvar fördelarna större möjligheter till personcentrering och bibehållen integritet, menmed nackdelar som bland annat känslor av isolering för både sjuksköterskor ochpatienter. I flerbäddssalarna var fördelarna en starkare gemenskap ochsjuksköterskorna kände sig närmare sina patienter, medan kränkt patientintegritet varden stora nackdelen. Konklusion: Sjuksköterskan ska arbeta för en hållbar vårdmiljöoch därför behöver vårdmiljöns påverkan på patienter belysas, diskuteras ochreflekteras över av blivande och legitimerade sjuksköterskor. / Background: The characteristics of the environment affects the patients and shouldbe considered by the nursing staff. To enable a person-centered care in the differentpatient rooms, nurses’ experiences must be considered. Aim: The aim with thisliterature study was to describe nurses’ experiences of person-centered care in anenvironment with single rooms and shared rooms. Method: A literature study with aninductive approach was used with nine articles using qualitative method (5) andmixed method (4). Data was conducted through a content analysis. Results: Theanalysis identified two main categories: nurses’ experiences of person-centered carein a single room and nurses’ experiences of person-centered care in a shared roomand a total of six sub-categories. The results showed advantages and disadvantageswith the different types of rooms. Single rooms had advantages as opportunities forperson-centered care and maintained privacy, but patient and nurse isolation asdisadvantages. Shared rooms implied a sense of community, while privacy violationwas the major disadvantage. Conclusion: A nurse is tasked to work for a sustainableenvironment and because of that the importance of the environments’ impact onpatient well-being must be enlightened. The phenomenon must be addressed by bothnursing students and registered nurses.