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- Airosa, F, et al.
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Tactile Massage as Part of the Caring Act: A Qualitative Study in Short-Term Emergency Wards
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Ingår i: Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association. - : SAGE Publications. - 1552-5724. ; 34:1, s. 13-23
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study was to illuminate the nursing staff’s lived experiences and meaning in giving tactile massage (TM) while caring for patients in short-term emergency ward. Method: Data were collected through individual qualitative interviews with six nurses and eight assistant nurses working with TM in short-term emergency wards in two hospitals in Sweden. The narratives were analyzed using a phenomenological hermeneutical method. Findings: Nurses experienced providing TM to patients as a present awareness in connection with compassion for the patient. TM provided the nurses with a tool to ease patient suffering and pain. Three dimensions were found where touch became a tool of doing, was an aware presence as a mindful being, and was embodied in a human-to-human connection with a changed caregiver. Conclusion: Given the current high-tech health care system with overcrowded units and a shortage of nursing staff, TM could be included as a caring tool to improve the caring in caregiving, allowing nurses to act in aware presence by touch to encourage health and well-being for both the patient and themselves.
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- Karlsson, L., et al.
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The meaning of caring touch for healthcare professionals in an intensive care unit : A qualitative interview study
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Ingår i: Intensive & Critical Care Nursing. - : Elsevier. - 0964-3397 .- 1532-4036. ; 68
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: The way health care professionals touch patients and relatives in the intensive care unit plays a significant role. A negative feeling can be caused by being touched in the wrong way, this is why a holistic approach with respect for the patient is important for the ability to make the patient and their relatives feel secure, avoiding unnecessary suffering.Aim: The aim of the study was to describe the meaning of caring touch that is given in the ICU from the health care professionals perspective.Method: Qualitative interview study with health care professionals in the intensive care unit, analysed using inductive content analysis, resulting in two themes and four main categories.Findings: Two themes emerged: Imperative touch and emotional touch and four main categories: touch as a natural tool, create a prerequisite for touch, empathetic touch and conversant touch.Conclusion: Caring touch can be used as a natural tool in the daily work in order to bring comfort and calm to the patient in the intensive care unit.
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- Trygg Lycke, S, et al.
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Emergency Department Nurses' Experiences of a Mindfulness Training Intervention: A Phenomenological Exploration
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Ingår i: Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association. - : SAGE Publications. - 1552-5724. ; 41:2, s. 170-184
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore emergency care nurses’ experiences of an intervention to increase compassion and empathy and reduce stress through individual mindfulness training delivered via workshops and a smartphone application. We also explored how the nurses felt about the practical and technical aspects of the intervention. Design: Qualitative interview study. Method: Individual interviews were conducted with eight of the 56 participants in the intervention study and used phenomenological analysis to illuminate how they made sense of their lived experiences of mindfulness training. Findings: Three themes illuminated the nurses’ experiences: becoming aware, changing through mindfulness, and gaining the tools for mindfulness through workshops and the mobile application. The first two themes expressed personal experiences, whereas the third expressed experiences of the practical and technical aspects of the intervention. Most nurses found the mobile application easy to use and effective. Conclusions: Emergency care nurses can feel that the awareness and changes that come with mindfulness training benefit them, their colleagues, and the patients for whom they care. The findings also provide insights into the challenges of practicing mindfulness in a busy emergency care setting and into the practical aspects of using a smartphone application to train mindfulness.
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