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- Ericson-Lidman, Eva, et al.
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Meanings of being a change agent in implementing a new organisational culture in home care services : a phenomenological hermeneutic study
- 2023
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Ingår i: Nordic journal of nursing research. - : Sage Publications. - 2057-1585 .- 2057-1593. ; 43:1, s. 1-8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Culture change is common in healthcare organisations worldwide today, and change agents are key persons in the process of change. It is therefore of vital importance to deepen the knowledge about change agents’ experiences. The aim of the study was to illuminate meanings of being a change agent to improve home care services. Ten change agents were interviewed individually using open-ended questions. The interviews were analysed with phenomenological hermeneutics. The design of the study followed the COREQ guidelines. Three themes were revealed in the analysis: ‘Being confirmed by the opportunity to make quality improvements’; ‘Pushing oneself to transfer the message’; and ‘Being strengthened by achievements but wishing for better conditions’. In order to prepare co-workers, change agents need training before their mission begins and during the change process.
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| 27322. |
- Ericson-Lidman, Eva, et al.
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Meanings of being a supervisor for care providers suffering from burnout : from initial signs to recuperation
- 2009
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Ingår i: Journal of Nursing Management. - : Hindawi Limited. - 0966-0429 .- 1365-2834. ; 17:3, s. 366-375
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To illuminate meanings of being a supervisor for care providers suffering from burnout: from initial signs to recuperation. Background Supervisors in health care, i.e. supervisors with first-line responsibilities for a work unit, are exposed to heavy demands, especially in times of downsizing and restructuring of the healthcare system. When care providers show signs of developing burnout, these demands are even greater. Methods Interviews with 12 supervisors in health care were interpreted using a phenomenological-hermeneutic method. Results Being a supervisor when someone in the work team shows signs of burnout means struggling to help them to continue working. In this predicament and being responsible for the unit, the supervisors are torn between focusing on relations and on production. When the care provider reports sick, they are left with feelings of hopelessness and self-blame. Conclusions and implications for nursing management Supervisors face almost unmanageable strain, caught between conflicting demands. It seems important that supervisors are offered opportunities to share their feelings about this predicament as well as gaining increased knowledge about burnout. This is important if the supervisors are to give proper support, but it will also help to turn supervisory failure into development and to protect the health of the supervisors.
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| 27323. |
- Ericson-Lidman, Eva, et al.
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Registered nurses' experiences of challenging situations in their psychosocial working environment in home care of patients with functional and/or intellectual disability : a qualitative study
- 2023
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Ingår i: Nordic journal of nursing research. - : Sage Publications. - 2057-1585 .- 2057-1593. ; 43:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Around 15% of the world’s population lives with some form of functional and/or intellectual disability (FID). Nursing staff often face threats and violence in the care of patients with FID. This study aimed to illuminate registered nurses’ experiences of challenging situations in their psychosocial working environment in home care of patients with functional and/or intellectual disabilities. Nine registered nurses/district nurses working in municipal settings were interviewed using a qualitative approach. COREQ was used for explicit and comprehensive reporting of qualitative studies. Three categories were revealed: To face challenging behaviour, To face emotional burden and To face communication difficulties. Nurses need continuous training and support to cope with work-related stress to meet a person with FID in a calm and relaxed mood and to be prepared for critical situations in their psychosocial environment. Training and support may enable nurses to be in a state of harmony and to be present in order to build caring relationships.
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| 27324. |
- Ericson-Lidman, Eva, et al.
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Relatives' perceptions of residents' life in a municipal care facility for older people with a focus on quality of life and care environment
- 2015
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Ingår i: International Journal of Older People Nursing. - : Wiley. - 1748-3735 .- 1748-3743. ; 10:3, s. 160-169
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Relatives' perceptions of their older loved one's living conditions at residential care facilities are poorly described in interviews. Older persons often find it difficult to make their voices heard and an alternative is to ask a relative who knows the person well to express their views.AIM: This study aimed to describe relatives' perceptions of residents' life in a municipal care facility for older people with a focus on quality of life and care environment.DESIGN: A qualitative study design was used. Data were collected through nine interviews with six relatives of older people living in a residential care facility.METHODS: The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed using content analysis.RESULTS: The analysis resulted in three main themes and eight subthemes. The main themes were: Residents' life/quality of life is perceived to be in the hands of the care providers, Residents' disabilities and lack of stimulation are perceived to threaten their quality of life, and The secure climate in the residence is perceived to be coloured by Death's waiting room.CONCLUSIONS: The study emphasizes the importance of cocreating a constructive dependency and to take on the challenge of creating a feeling of at-homeness for each resident. It is important to be aware that what relatives perceive as monotony and passivity may be a problem for some residents, but not for all.IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: This study highlights the need to create a powerful partnership between relatives, care providers and residents to enhance the quality of life for residents. Every single meeting is important and makes a difference for the resident. Care providers might need to support relatives to understand that the last phase of life might be about focusing inwardly and reflecting on one's whole life as a way to end it.
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| 27325. |
- Ericson-Lidman, Eva
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Struggling between a sense of belonging and a sense of alienation : Residents' experiences of living in a residential care facility for older people in Sweden
- 2019
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Ingår i: Nordic journal of nursing research. - : Sage Publications. - 2057-1585 .- 2057-1593. ; 39:3, s. 143-151
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Living in residential care facilities for older people is described in both positive and negative terms. To maintain care quality of a vulnerable group in a constantly changing care context, it is important to continually describe their experiences. This qualitative study aims to describe residents’ experiences of living in a residential care facility for older people in Sweden. Six residents were interviewed and the interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The analysis resulted in nine sub-categories, two categories and one overall theme. Living in a residential care facility for older people is revealed as ‘Struggling between a sense of belonging and a sense of alienation’. It is of great importance for care providers to explore and try to understand what individuals perceive as factors for feelings of belonging, thereby preventing alienation.
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| 27326. |
- Ericson-Lidman, Eva, et al.
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Troubled conscience related to deficiencies in providing individualised meal schedule in residential care for older people : a participatory action research study
- 2015
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. - : Wiley. - 0283-9318 .- 1471-6712. ; 29:4, s. 688-696
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Food and mealtimes should be adapted to the older person's individual needs and desires, a fact that is often ignored in favour of a functional mealtime organisation. This study was grounded in participatory action research (PAR), and the aim of the study was to illuminate a PAR process to assist care providers in constructively dealing with their troubled conscience generated from perceived shortcomings in providing an individualised meal schedule in residential care for older people. Care providers and their manager participated in twelve PAR sessions. The participants' troubled conscience was eased by reflecting on and sharing their thoughts about their perception of a lack of individualised meal schedule and a lack of opportunities for meaningful interventions. The researchers in PAR became the bridge between the care providers and the management that was needed to improve individualised mealtime schedule. This study pinpoints how difficult it can be to make small changes in a rigid organisation that is run by a management that does not have the hands-on knowledge about the daily care provided by the organisation. This study points to the need of creating communication arenas wherein all personnel involved in care for older people, at all organisational levels, together meet to create a good care for older people. However, the care providers have been provided with tools, uncomplicated to use, to continue to let their voices being heard.
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| 27327. |
- Ericson-Lidman, Eva, et al.
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Using a developed participatory action research process in practice to help care providers deal with troubled conscience in residential care of older people
- 2018
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Ingår i: Action Research. - London : Sage Publications. - 1476-7503 .- 1741-2617. ; 16:2, s. 190-206
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Stress of conscience seriously influence the quality of care and the wellbeing of the care providers in care for older people. It is therefore of great importance to take measures to address, and relieve but preferably prevent stress related to troubled conscience. In our participatory action research studies, we have used troubled conscience as a driving force to relieve care providers’ burden and to increase quality of care. The aim with this paper is to present our experiences of using a further developed participatory action research process in practice to deal with care providers’ troubled conscience in residential care for older people. The contribution to participatory action research practice in our studies is a support to the participatory action research process through using a modified model of problem processing, an approach which we found fruitful. In the paper, we describe our experiences and discuss them in relation to relevant literature and theory. Our experiences are that in participatory action research it is crucial to build a trusting relationship and striving to create a fruitful dialogue between the researchers and the participants. In our studies, we found that participatory action research is an easy approach to adapt as a problem-solving process in clinical practice and in nursing research.
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| 27328. |
- Ericson, Petter, 1986-, et al.
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Tracing class and capitalism in critical AI research
- 2024
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Ingår i: tripleC. - : TripleC. - 1726-670X. ; 22:1, s. 307-328
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article explores the rapidly developing field of Critical AI Studies and its relation to issues of class and capitalism through a hybrid approach based on distant reading of a newly collected corpus of 300 full-text scientific articles, the creation of which is itself a first attempt at properly delineating the field. We find that words related to issues of class are predominantly but not exclusively confined to a set of studies that make up their own distinct subfield of Critical AI Studies, in contrast to, e.g., issues of race and gender, which are more broadly present in the corpus.
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| 27329. |
- Ericsson, Eva, et al.
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Is the P600/affected by the richness of semantic content? : a linguistic ERP study in Swedish
- 2008
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. - : Wiley. - 0036-5564. ; 49, s. 1-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The study investigated whether the P600/SPS component is sensitive to the richness of semantic content in sentences. ERPs were recorded while 30 native Swedish speakers read sentences, of which half were syntactically correct and half contained a syntactic violation. Both kinds of sentences came in one of three types of descending semantic completeness: semantically coherent sentences, sentences which were incoherent due to violations of selectional restrictions, or sentences of pseudo words, hence void of lexical content. In the semantically coherent sentences a P600/SPS was found for the syntactic violation. A less salient positivity was found for the violation in the semantically incoherent sentences. No P600/SPS was found for the syntactic violation in the pseudo word sentences and no LAN component in any sentence type. The results are interpreted as supporting the hypothesis that the P600/SPS component reflects a semantically based reanalysis process.
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| 27330. |
- Ericsson, Göran, et al.
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Are wolves driving willingness to pay for large carnivores? : Wolves as a symbol for people’s willingness to pay for large carnivore conservation
- 2008
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Ingår i: Society & Natural Resources. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0894-1920 .- 1521-0723. ; 21:4, s. 294-309
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A successful implementation of a mammalian conservation policy requires knowledge of how people value animals. Little is known about how people value large carnivores. The discussion is therefore dominated by people's perception of wolves. In a mail survey (65% response rate) we asked persons residing in areas with populations of wolves, bears, lynx, and wolverines whether they were willing to pay to reach the national conservation goals for those species. We compared 69 Swedish counties with a representative national sample of Swedes living outside the areas with large carnivores. We found that the behavioral intention willingness to pay (WTP) was negatively related to the presence of wolves, to the urban profile, and to opposition against the European Union Monetary Union. We encourage future studies to compare national surveys with local samples in controversial issues to discover conflicting views among national, regional, and local natural resource management stakeholders.
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