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- Ekedahl, MarieAnne, et al.
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Nurses in cancer care - coping strategies when encountering existential issues.
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Ingår i: European Journal of Oncology Nursing. - : Elsevier Ltd.. - 1462-3889 .- 1532-2122. ; 10, s. 128-139
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper is a presentation of general/secular coping strategies and strategies related to the caritas orientation that nurses in cancer care use when encountering stress. As a concept, caritas indicates the will to do good. The paper tries to provide an answer to the quesion of which functional and dysfunctional coping strategies nurses use when coping with work-related stress. The study is qualitative and hypothesis-generating. The material analysed consists of 15 interviews with Swedish registered nurses and is based on a life-story approach. Pargament´s coping theory related to the psychology of religion has been applied for interpretation purposes. The nurses use several coping strategies with the dominant strategy being a general boundary demarcation. Other strategies that were used for coping included emotional outlets, caritas-oblivion and periodically changing activity. The strategies can be used in a functional or dysfunctional way; e.g. dysfunctional coping was present when there was a lack of human support and boundary demarcation.
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