1
|
Steensgaard R, Kolbaek R, Jensen JB, Angel S. Action research as a catalyst for change: Empowered nurses facilitating patient participation in rehabilitation. Nurs Inq 2020; 28:e12370. [PMID: 32662213 DOI: 10.1111/nin.12370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Based on action research as a practitioner-involving approach, this article communicates the findings of a two-year study on implementing patient participation as an empowering learning process for both patients and rehabilitation nurses. At a rehabilitation facility for patients who have sustained spinal cord injuries, eight nurses were engaged throughout the process aiming at improving patient participation. The current practice was explored to understand possibilities and obstacles to patient participation. Observations, interviews and logbooks, creative workshops and reflective meetings led to the development and testing of four new rehabilitation initiatives aimed at enhancing patient participation. This study suggests that skills of critical reflection from action research toolbox shed light on both the notion of patient participation and caring in nursing rehabilitation. By actively involving nurses in research, the knowledge development stems from practice and the solutions therefore became practice-oriented. In addition, the personal and professional development experienced by the involved nurses points to a secondary gain in the form of an analytical and reflective approach to complex issues in relation to patient participation, rehabilitation in general and the individual nurses' sense of professional pride.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Randi Steensgaard
- Department of Neurology, Spinal Cord Injury Centre of Western Denmark, Central Region Hospital, Viborg, Denmark.,Center for Research in Clinical Nursing, Central Region Hospital, Viborg, Denmark
| | - Raymond Kolbaek
- Center for Research in Clinical Nursing, Central Region Hospital, Viborg, Denmark.,Department of Nursing, VIA University College, Viborg, Denmark
| | - Julie Borup Jensen
- Higher Education Research Unit, Capacity Building and Evaluation, ReCreate - Research Center for Creative and Immersive Learning Environments, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
| | - Sanne Angel
- Research Unit for Nursing and Healthcare, Institute of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Magnussen IL, Alteren J, Bondas T. Appreciative inquiry in a Norwegian nursing home: a unifying and maturing process to forward new knowledge and new practice. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being 2019; 14:1559437. [PMID: 30623735 PMCID: PMC6327924 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2018.1559437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Appreciative inquiry (AI) studies have proven to be useful in developing nursing knowledge and changing nursing practice. However, few AI studies have examined the meaning of participation over time among collaborating healthcare providers. Our aim was to explore and illuminate healthcare providers' participation over time in a Norwegian nursing home to develop new knowledge and practice, focusing on sensory gardens. METHOD Twenty healthcare providers participated in the 3 year AI study. Data were collected in fieldwork, interviews, and interventions. Saldañas' longitudinal analysis was applied. RESULTS The collaboration between the researcher and participants created insight of a relational room, which was named "the room of closeness". Participants' search for new arenas to apply the meaning of the room of closeness was found when focusing on the sensory garden. Their desire for joint development created a bottom-up perspective, the hallmark of successful AI. CONCLUSION Knowledge of participants' experiences may contribute to developing AI as a useful and transferable method, especially regarding co-creating participation, and may have implications for research and society. AI's strength-based approach may, however, lead to the neglect of data that are associated with problems, and complicate the assessment of success. Further research is therefore needed to develop AI.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - Johanne Alteren
- Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Mo I Rana, Norway
| | - Terese Bondas
- Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Bodø, Norway
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Hemberg J, Bergdahl E. Dealing with ethical and existential issues at end of life through co-creation. Nurs Ethics 2019; 27:1012-1031. [PMID: 31522601 DOI: 10.1177/0969733019874496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND In research on co-creation in nursing, a caring manner can be used to create opportunities for the patient to reach vital goals and thereby increase the patient's quality of life in palliative home care. This can be described as an ethical cornerstone and the goal of palliative care. Nurses must be extra sensitive to patients' and their relatives' needs with regard to ethical and existential issues and situations in home care encounters, especially at the end of life. AIM The aim of this study was to explore nurses' experiences of dealing with ethical and existential issues through co-creation at the end of life in palliative home care. RESEARCH DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS, AND RESEARCH CONTEXT The material consisted of texts from interviews with 12 nurses in a home care context. A hermeneutical approach was used, and the method was inspired by a thematic analysis. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS Informed consent was sought from the participants regarding study participation and the storage and handling of data for research purposes. Ethical permission to conduct the study was given from organizations that participated in this study. FINDINGS A main theme and four subthemes emerged. The main theme was "Deep co-creative relationships are needed to manage ethical and existential issues at the end of life." A model was created to display the findings and relations between ethical issues and situations and the need for a deep trustful caring relationship to solve problems in palliative home care. DISCUSSION Together, the themes can be considered as a tool for learning and dealing with ethical and existential issues at the end of life in home care. The themes can also be seen as a part of nurses' ethical competence within this context. CONCLUSION The quality of life at the end of life can be improved through co-creation, despite difficult ethical and existential issues. Future research should focus on co-creation from the patients' perspective.
Collapse
|
4
|
Abstract
A new concept in palliative care, cocreation, appears to be a part of caring in nursing but has not yet been explored as a caring phenomenon. The aim was to, from a caring science perspective, explore how cocreation can be experienced as a phenomenon by nurses working in palliative home care. A hermeneutical approach and thematic analysis were used. The material consisted of texts from in-depth interviews with 12 nurses in a home care context. Informed consent regarding study participation and the storage and handling of data for research purposes were sought from participants. One main theme and 4 subthemes emerged. Cocreation can be viewed as an essential part of caring and being involved in patients' health and holistic care is a profound endeavor. Further research should focus on illuminating cocreation from patients' perspectives.
Collapse
|
5
|
Hemberg J, Bergdahl E. Ethical sensitivity and perceptiveness in palliative home care through co-creation. Nurs Ethics 2019; 27:446-460. [DOI: 10.1177/0969733019849464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Background: In research on co-creation in nursing, a caring manner can be used to create opportunities whereby the patient’s quality of life can be increased in palliative home care. This can be described as an ethical cornerstone and the goal of palliative care. To promote quality of life, nurses must be sensitive to patients’ and their relatives’ needs in care encounters. Co-creation can be defined as the joint creation of vital goals for patients through the process of shared knowledge between nurses, patients and their relatives. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore nurses’ experiences of caring encounters and co-creation in palliative home care from an ethical perspective. Research design, participants, and research context: A hermeneutical approach was used. The material consisted of texts from interviews with 12 nurses in a home care context. The method was inspired by thematic analysis. Ethical considerations: Informed consent was sought from the participants regarding study participation and the storage and handling of data for research purposes. Findings: An overall theme, a main theme and four sub-themes emerged. Through ethical sensitivity and perceptivity, nurses can balance their actions in the moment and change their nursing care actions according to the patient’s wishes through co-creation in encounters. Here the time is crucial, as the time needed is unique to each patient. Discussion: The themes together can be considered prerequisites for good palliative home care. If nurses fail to be sensitive and perceptive in encounters with dying patients, good palliative home care cannot be achieved. Ethical sensitivity and perceptiveness can also be considered a part of nurses’ ethical competence. Conclusion: Patients’ dignity can be preserved through ethical sensitivity and perceptiveness, which is fundamental for good palliative care. Co-creation from patients’ perspectives should be the focus of future research.
Collapse
|
6
|
Bergdahl E, Ternestedt B, Berterö C, Andershed B. The theory of a co-creative process in advanced palliative home care nursing encounters: A qualitative deductive approach over time. Nurs Open 2019; 6:175-188. [PMID: 30534407 PMCID: PMC6279716 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Revised: 06/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to test the theoretical conceptualization of the co-creative process in home care nursing encounters over time. METHOD AND DESIGN This was a multiple case study with a deductive analysis of qualitative data over time, using interviews and observations collected from three cases. RESULTS The co-creative process was complex and contained main, sub- and micro-processes. Time was important and valuable, giving the patient and relatives space to adjust the process to their own pace. Some processes were worked on more intensively in accordance with the patients' and relatives' needs, and these are considered the main-process. The further developed theory of the co-creative process and its main, sub- and microprocesses can be understood as a concretization of how good nursing care can be performed within caring relationships in the context of advanced palliative home care.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - Britt‐Marie Ternestedt
- Department of Health Care Science/Palliative Research CentreErsta Sköndal Bräcke University CollegeStockholmSweden
| | - Carina Berterö
- Division of Nursing Science, Department of Medical and Health SciencesLinköping UniversityLinköpingSweden
| | - Birgitta Andershed
- Department of Health Care Science/Palliative Research CentreErsta Sköndal Bräcke University CollegeStockholmSweden
- Faculty of Health, Care and NursingNorwegian University of Science and TechnologyGjøvikNorway
| |
Collapse
|
7
|
|
8
|
Puffett N, Perkins P. What influences palliative care nurses in their choice to engage in or decline clinical supervision? Int J Palliat Nurs 2017; 23:524-533. [DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2017.23.11.524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Nick Puffett
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Winchcombe Medical Centre, Cheltenham; Independent Clinical Supervisor
| | - Paul Perkins
- Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Sue Ryder, Leckhampton Court Hospice, Cheltenham
| |
Collapse
|
9
|
Pollock A, Campbell P, Deery R, Fleming M, Rankin J, Sloan G, Cheyne H. A systematic review of evidence relating to clinical supervision for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. J Adv Nurs 2017; 73:1825-1837. [DOI: 10.1111/jan.13253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Alex Pollock
- Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit; Glasgow Caledonian University; UK
| | - Pauline Campbell
- Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit; Glasgow Caledonian University; UK
| | - Ruth Deery
- Institute of Healthcare Policy and Practice; University of the West of Scotland; UK
| | - Mick Fleming
- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Care; Napier University; Edinburgh UK
| | - Jean Rankin
- Health, Nursing and Midwifery; University of the West of Scotland; UK
| | | | - Helen Cheyne
- Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit; University of Stirling; UK
| |
Collapse
|
10
|
Hill H, Evans JM, Forbat L. Nurses respond to patients' psychosocial needs by dealing, ducking, diverting and deferring: an observational study of a hospice ward. BMC Nurs 2015; 14:60. [PMID: 26582969 PMCID: PMC4650322 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-015-0112-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Psychosocial support is considered a central component of nursing care but it remains unclear as to exactly how this is implemented in practice. The aim of this study was to provide a descriptive exploration of how psychosocial needs (PNs) of patients in a hospice ward are expressed and met, in order to develop an understanding of the provision of psychosocial support in practice. METHODS An embedded mixed-methods study was conducted in one hospice ward. Data collection included observations of patients' expressions of PNs and nurses' responses to those expressed PNs, shift hand-overs and multi-disciplinary meetings. Interviews about the observed care were conducted with the patients and nurses and nursing documentation pertaining to psychosocial care was collated. Descriptive statistical techniques were applied to quantitative data in order to explore and support the qualitative observational, interview and documentary data. RESULTS During the 8-month period of observation, 227 encounters within 38 episodes of care were observed among 38 nurses and 47 patients. Within these encounters, 330 PNs were expressed. Nurses were observed immediately responding to expressed PNs in one of four ways: dealing (44.2 %), deferring (14.8 %), diverting (10.3 %) and ducking (30.7 %). However, it is rare that one type of PN was clearly expressed on its own: many were expressed at the same time and usually while the patient was interacting with the nurse for another reason, thus making the provision of psychosocial support challenging. The nurses' response patterns varied little according to type of need. CONCLUSIONS The provision of psychosocial support is very complex and PNs are not always easily recognised. This study has allowed an exploration of the actual PNs of patients in a hospice setting, the way in which they were expressed, and how nurses responded to them. The nurses faced the challenge of responding to PNs whilst carrying out the other duties of their shift, and the fact that nurses can provide psychosocial support as an inherent component of practice was verified. The data included in this paper, and the discussions around the observed care, provides nurses everywhere with an example against which to compare their own practice.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Hazel Hill
- School of Health Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA UK
| | - Josie Mm Evans
- School of Health Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA UK
| | - Liz Forbat
- Australian Catholic University and Calvary Health Care, Canberra, 2600 Australia
| |
Collapse
|
11
|
Henoch I, Carlander I, Holm M, James I, Kenne Sarenmalm E, Lundh Hagelin C, Lind S, Sandgren A, Öhlén J. Palliative Care Research - A Systematic Review of foci, designs and methods of research conducted in Sweden between 2007 and 2012. Scand J Caring Sci 2015; 30:5-25. [DOI: 10.1111/scs.12253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ingela Henoch
- Institute of Health and Care Sciences; The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
- University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC); University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
| | - Ida Carlander
- Palliative Research Centre; Ersta Sköndal University College and Ersta Hospital; Stockholm Sweden
- Medical Management Center; Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
| | - Maja Holm
- Palliative Research Centre; Ersta Sköndal University College and Ersta Hospital; Stockholm Sweden
- Department of Neurobiology; Care Sciences and Society; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
| | - Inger James
- School of Health and Medical Sciences; Örebro University; Örebro Sweden
| | - Elisabeth Kenne Sarenmalm
- Palliative Research Centre; Ersta Sköndal University College and Ersta Hospital; Stockholm Sweden
- Research and Development Centre; Skaraborg Hospital; Skövde Sweden
| | - Carina Lundh Hagelin
- Medical Management Center; Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
- Sophiahemmet University; Stockholm Sweden
- Research and Development Unit in Palliative care; Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation; Stockholm Sweden
| | - Susanne Lind
- Palliative Research Centre; Ersta Sköndal University College and Ersta Hospital; Stockholm Sweden
- Department of Neurobiology; Care Sciences and Society; Karolinska Institutet; Stockholm Sweden
| | - Anna Sandgren
- School of Health Sciences; Jönköping University; Jönköping Sweden
- Center for Collaborative Palliative Care; Department of Health and Caring Sciences; Linneaus University; Kalmar/Växjö Sweden
| | - Joakim Öhlén
- Institute of Health and Care Sciences; The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
- University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC); University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg Sweden
- Palliative Research Centre; Ersta Sköndal University College and Ersta Hospital; Stockholm Sweden
| |
Collapse
|
12
|
Hynes G, Kavanagh F, Hogan C, Ryan K, Rogers L, Brosnan J, Coghlan D. Understanding the challenges of palliative care in everyday clinical practice: an example from a COPD action research project. Nurs Inq 2014; 22:249-60. [DOI: 10.1111/nin.12089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Geralyn Hynes
- School of Nursing and Midwifery; Trinity College Dublin; Dublin 2 Ireland
| | | | | | - Kitty Ryan
- Naas General Hospital; Co Kildare Ireland
| | | | | | - David Coghlan
- School of Business; Trinity College Dublin; Dublin 2 Ireland
| |
Collapse
|
13
|
Eriksen KÅ, Dahl H, Karlsson B, Arman M. Strengthening practical wisdom: mental health workers' learning and development. Nurs Ethics 2014; 21:707-19. [PMID: 24500703 DOI: 10.1177/0969733013518446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Practical wisdom, understood as knowing how to be or act in any present situation with clients, is believed to be an essential part of the knowledge needed to be a professional mental health worker. Exploring processes of adapting, extending knowledge and refining tacit knowledge grounded in mental health workers' experiences with being in practice may bring awareness of how mental health workers reflect, learn and practice professional 'artistry'. RESEARCH QUESTION The aim of the article was to explore mental health workers' processes of development and learning as they appeared in focus groups intended to develop practical wisdom. The main research question was 'How might the processes of development and learning contribute to developing practical wisdom in the individual as well as in the practice culture?' RESEARCH DESIGN The design was multi-stage focus groups, and the same participants met four times. A phenomenological hermeneutical method for researching lived experience guided the analysis. PARTICIPANTS AND CONTEXT Eight experienced mental health workers representing four Norwegian municipalities participated. The research context was community-based mental health services. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS The study was reported to Norwegian Social Data Services, and procedures for informed consent were followed. FINDINGS Two examples of processes of re-evaluation of experience (Association, Integration, Validation, Appropriation and Outcomes and action) were explored. The health workers had developed knowledge in previous encounters with clients. In sharing practice experiences, this knowledge was expressed and developed, and also tested and validated against the aims of practice. Discussions led to adapted and extended knowledge, and as tacit knowledge was expressed it could be used actively. DISCUSSION Learning to reflect, being ready to be provoked and learning to endure indecisiveness may be foundational in developing practical wisdom. Openness is demanding, and changing habits of mind is difficult. CONCLUSION Reflection on, and confrontation with, set practices are essential to building practice cultures in line with the aims of mental health services.
Collapse
|
14
|
Vahedi Nikbakht-Van de Sande CVM, Braat C, Visser AP, Delnoij DMJ, van Staa AL. Why a carefully designed, nurse-led intervention failed to meet expectations: the case of the Care Programme for Palliative Radiotherapy. Eur J Oncol Nurs 2013; 18:151-8. [PMID: 24365719 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2013.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Revised: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH Implement and evaluate the Care Programme for Palliative Radiotherapy (CPPR) in the Outpatient Clinic of the Department of Radiotherapy, Erasmus MC-Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. METHODS Participatory Action Research (PAR). Qualitative descriptive design: participatory observations, semi-structured interviews with patients and professionals and focus groups with professionals; content analysis of documents. SAMPLE Patients with impending paraplegia due to metastatic spinal cord compression, nurse practitioners (NPs), nurse manager, staff and ward nurses, radiographers, radiotherapists and medical doctors. KEY RESULTS After a shift from inpatient to outpatient radiotherapy treatment, patients and healthcare professionals perceived shortcomings in the oncological chain care. The CPPR was developed in a participative way giving a key role to the NP. Evaluation after implementation of the programme showed that patients and professionals were predominantly positive about its effects. However, implementation was not sustained due to lack of institutional and managerial support. CONCLUSIONS The technological innovation far preceded the organisational changes needed to provide innovative, patient-centred care. Implementing this programme with a central role for the NP was seen as the solution to the problems identified. However, in spite of the systematic approach using PAR, the programme was not successful in bringing about sustained improvements. NPs fulfil a valuable role in the care and support of patients with palliative care needs but need institutional support. More attention should have paid to the organisational context. Involve all relevant actors; use a participatory approach to enhance commitment; ensure the support of management during the whole project.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - C Braat
- Erasmus MC - Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 5201, 3008 AE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
| | - A Ph Visser
- Rotterdam University, Centre of Expertise Innovations in Care, P.O. Box 25035, 3001 HA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
| | - D M J Delnoij
- Tilburg University, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands.
| | - A L van Staa
- Rotterdam University, Centre of Expertise Innovations in Care, P.O. Box 25035, 3001 HA Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute of Health Policy and Management, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
| |
Collapse
|
15
|
Kenny A, Allenby A. Implementing clinical supervision for Australian rural nurses. Nurse Educ Pract 2013; 13:165-169. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2012.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2011] [Revised: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
|
16
|
Bergdahl E, Benzein E, Ternestedt BM, Elmberger E, Andershed B. Co-creating possibilities for patients in palliative care to reach vital goals--a multiple case study of home-care nursing encounters. Nurs Inq 2013; 20:341-51. [PMID: 23336338 DOI: 10.1111/nin.12022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
The patient's home is a common setting for palliative care. This means that we need to understand current palliative care philosophy and how its goals can be realized in home-care nursing encounters (HCNEs) between the nurse, patient and patient's relatives. The existing research on this topic describes both a negative and a positive perspective. There has, however, been a reliance on interview and descriptive methods in this context. The aim of this study was to explore planned HCNEs in palliative care. The design was a multiple case study based on observations. The analysis includes a descriptive and an explanation building phase. The results show that planned palliative HCNEs can be described as a process of co-creating possibilities for the patient to reach vital goals through shared knowledge in a warm and caring atmosphere, based on good caring relations. However, in some HCNEs, co-creation did not occur: Wishes and needs were discouraged or made impossible and vital goals were not reached for the patients or their relatives. Further research is needed to understand why. The co-creative process presented in this article can be seen as a concretization of the palliative care ideal of working with a person-centered approach.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Elisabeth Bergdahl
- FOU nu, Research and Development Centre, Jakobsbergs sjukhus, Järfälla, SwedenDepartment of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, SwedenDepartment of Palliative Care Research, Ersta Sköndal University College, Stockholm, SwedenSchool of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, SwedenDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Health Care Sciences, Ersta Sköndal University College, Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Nursing, Gjøvik University College, Gjøvik, NorwayStockholms Sjukhem Foundation, Research and Development Department, Stockhom, Sweden
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
17
|
Current World Literature. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2012; 6:543-52. [DOI: 10.1097/spc.0b013e32835ad036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
|
18
|
Karlsson M, Karlsson C, Barbosa da Silva A, Berggren I, Söderlund M. Community nurses' experiences of ethical problems in end-of-life care in the patient's own home. Scand J Caring Sci 2012; 27:831-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01087.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2011] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Margareta Karlsson
- Department of Caring Science; Åbo Academy University; Vasa Finland
- Department of Nursing; Health and Culture, University West; Trollhättan Sweden
| | | | | | - Ingela Berggren
- Department of Nursing; Health and Culture, University West; Trollhättan Sweden
| | - Maud Söderlund
- Department of Caring Science; Åbo Academy University; Vasa Finland
| |
Collapse
|
19
|
Lewis SL. Critical Reflection as a Facilitator of Palliative Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. J Hosp Palliat Nurs 2012. [DOI: 10.1097/njh.0b013e318258d083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
|