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- Fagerberg, Ingegerd, et al.
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Caring for elderly patients : a longitudinal study of Swedish nursing students' narratives
- 1998
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Ingår i: Health care in later life. - 1358-7390. ; 3:4, s. 258-271
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Studied how Swedish nursing students developed their perceptions of caring for older adults during their 3 years in nursing education. Interviews were audiotaped at the end of each academic year with 27 students from three colleges of nursing. In addition, 26 of these students wrote diaries during the clinical part of the course, in the second and third years. The interviews and diaries were analyzed using the phenomenological hermeneutic method, which is based on the idea that an interpretation of people's narrated, lived experiences is focused on the utterance meaning (Ricoeur, 1976). Four themes of caring emerged: respect for individual patients, responsibility for patients' well-being, sympathy with patients, and empathy with patients. Three themes emerged that were connected with impediments to caring: students' vulnerability, frustration and powerlessness in difficult situations, and ethically difficult situations. Findings revealed a development in the students' perceptions of caring as they proceeded through their education, moving from a naive, caring perspective, via a second-year stage of deeper relationships with patients, into a third-year organizational perspective, where they used their gained knowledge and experiences in taking responsibility for providing optimum care. Two students' narratives are used to illustrate the interpretations.
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- Fagerberg, Ingegerd, et al.
(författare)
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Caring for elderly patients : a longitudinal study of Swedish nursing students' narratives
- 1998
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Ingår i: Health Care in Later Life. - 1358-7390. ; 3:4, s. 258-271
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this study was to interpret and elucidate how Swedish nursing students developed their perceptions of caring for older people during their three years in nursing education. Interviews were carried out at the end of each academic year with a total of 27 students from three colleges of nursing in Sweden. The same interview guide was used for all three years of this longitudinal study; the students also wrote diaries about their clinical experiences. The narratives were analysed using a phenomenologicalhermeneutic method. Four themes emerged that were vital to the students' narrated perceptions of caring; three themes concerned impediments to caring. The findings show a development in the students' perceptions of caring as they proceeded through their nursing education. They moved from a naive, caring perspective, via a second-year stage of deeper relationships with patients, and finally, into a third-year organizational perspective, where they used their gained knowledge and experiences in taking responsibility for providing optimum care. This change could potentially damage students' perceptions of their future work, and could influence their career possibilities and decisions when choosing an area of health care in which to work as a registered nurse after graduation. The findings underline the importance of a forum where students can discuss their often difficult experiences with elderly patients, and also the necessity of receiving support and guidance for their actions.
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- Fagerberg, Ingegerd, et al.
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First-year Swedish nursing students' experiences with elderly patients.
- 1997
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Ingår i: Western Journal of Nursing Research. - : SAGE Publications. - 0193-9459 .- 1552-8456. ; 19:2, s. 177-89
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Nursing students' attitudes toward elderly people have frequently been found to be negative. This study's aim was to describe the experiences of first-year nursing students with elderly people. Thirty students from 3 Swedish nursing colleges, interviewed during the last weeks of their first year, were asked to describe a memorable event that had occurred when they were caring for an elderly patient. The narratives were analyzed phenomenologically. Three perspectives emerged: the students' perceptions of the patients, the staff's roles, and their own roles. From these, two phenomena were identified: patients' helplessness and students' identification/nonidentification of the individual patient. Students described difficult situations for elderly patients; patients with difficult diseases, anxiety, pride; and conflicting views of how to treat patients.
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- Fagerberg, Ingegerd
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Nursing students' narrated, lived experiences of caring, education and the transition into nursing, focusing on care of the elderly
- 1998
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The overall aim of this longitudinal research project was to elucidate and reach an understanding of influencing aspects on nursing students' choice of future work area as newly graduated nurses. The influencing aspects should be affiliated with the three-year education, the students' transition into nursing and the care of the elderly. The first study (I) concerned the amount of projected education in gerontology and geriatrics in 30 colleges of nursing and health, and the result showed a variety between colleges. Newly admitted nursing students in three colleges responded to a questionnaire. A majority of the students preferred to work in the emergency care, rather than elder care, after graduation. Phenomenological analyses of one interview theme, after one year (II), gave two phenomena; patients' helplessness and identification/nonidentification of the individual patient. Phenomenological hermeneutic analyses were carried out on all interviews and diaries provided from the three years (III-V). The findings (III) show that the rneaning of caring for elderly patients was a process from naive caring via deeper relationships with patients to an organizational perspective. The transition into nursing (IV) meant for the students a process from a natural interest in caring to the perspective of an RN, where co-operation with team members had a strong influence. The students' experiences of theoretical and clinical elder care were not positive, which meant that their reluctance to work there was reinforced (V). Content analyses about students' reasoning regarding two fictitious elderly patient cases (Vl) showed a development in reasoning in a more acute oriented case but not in a case with a confused elderly patient. Conclusions drawn imply that both the theoretical and the clinical education in gerontology and geriatrics need to be strengthened.
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- Fagerberg, Ingegerd, et al.
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Nursing students' reasoning about two fictitious elderly patient cases.
- 1999
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. - 0283-9318 .- 1471-6712. ; 13:4, s. 247-53
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to examine and describe how nursing students developed their reasoning and knowledge about the state of health of, and their possible actions regarding, two fictitious elderly patient case histories during their three-year education. The descriptions were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim and analysed by content analysis. The findings show a development in the students' reasoning concerning the more acute case, but no development in reasoning regarding the case of a confused person. This could be due either to a lack of education in gerontology and geriatrics, or to the students receiving limited guidance during their education on how to reason about and reflect upon different ways of approaching emerging problems. The findings could also be understood in the light of traditions and history in nursing education.
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- Fagerberg, Ingegerd, et al.
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Swedish nursing students' transition into nursing during education
- 1998
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Ingår i: Western Journal of Nursing Research. - : SAGE Publications. - 0193-9459 .- 1552-8456. ; 20:5, s. 605-623
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The transition from student to nurse involves the influence of several different educational aspects. The aim of this study is to elucidate the transition to the role of a nurse, which Swedish nursing students underwent during their 3 years in nursing education, as described from the perspective of their experiences with elderly patients. Interviews were conducted with the students at the end of each academic year, and the students wrote diaries about their clinical education in the second and third years. The narratives were analyzed with a phenomenological-hermeneutic method, and six themes appeared vital for the transition into nursing. The study implies a continuous process during education, involving many aspects of the transition from a student with a genuine and natural interest to care for others to a registered nurse ready to take up her first position. Cooperation with other team members had a strong influence on the students.
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- Fagerberg, Ingegerd, et al.
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Two studies of the new nursing education in Sweden : I. The place of gerontology and geriatrics. 2. Student characteristics and expectations.
- 1997
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Ingår i: Nurse Education Today. - 0260-6917 .- 1532-2793. ; 17:2, s. 150-7
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the autumn of 1993, a new system of nursing education started in Sweden. A questionnaire was sent to the presidents of all the colleges of nursing, health and the caring sciences, and questions were asked about the part played by gerontology and geriatrics in the new curricula. The responses showed a considerable variety in the amounts of theoretical and clinical education given at the colleges. During the first or second week of their education, the students admitted to three colleges in the Mälaren area answered a questionnaire containing questions about their educational backgrounds, their working experiences in the health care system, why they chose nursing education, their ideas of the tasks that a registered nurse primarily carries out, and their preferences for work after graduation. The result shows a correlation between working experience and the reasons for studies. The students stated a preference for working in emergency care rather than in geriatric care after graduation from college.
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- Fagerberg, Ingegerd
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Utbildning för äldrevård?
- 1998
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Ingår i: Tidskriften vård. ; 1, s. 50-57
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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