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- Asp, Margareta, 1958-
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Rest : A Health-Related phenomenon and concept in Caring Science
- 2015
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In: Global Qualitative Nursing Research. - : SAGE Publications. - 2333-3936. ; 2
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Rest is a health-related phenomenon. Researchers have explored the phenomenon of rest, but further concept development is recommended. The aim of my study was to develop and describe a concept of rest, from interviews with a total of 63 participants about their lived experiences of rest. I performed the developing process in two stages: first with descriptive phenomenology and second with a hermeneutic approach. The concept of rest is comprised of the essences of both rest and “non-rest,” and there is a current movement between these two conditions in peoples’ lives. The essence of rest is being in harmony in motivation, feeling, and action. The essence of non-rest is being in disharmony in motivation, feeling, and action. The essences reveal some meaning constituents. Health care professionals and researchers can use the concept as a frame of reference in health care praxis and in applied research.
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- Bergh, Anne-Louise, 1952-, et al.
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Registered Nurses’ Patient Education in Everyday Primary Care Practice: : Managers Discourses
- 2015
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In: Global Qualitative Nursing Research.. - : Sage Publications. - 2333-3936. ; 2
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Nurses’ patient education is important for building patients’ knowledge, understanding, and preparedness for self-management.The aim of this study was to explore the conditions for nurses’ patient education work by focusing on managers’ discoursesabout patient education provided by nurses. In 2012, data were derived from three focus group interviews with primary caremanagers. Critical discourse analysis was used to analyze the transcribed interviews. The discursive practice comprised adiscourse order of economic, medical, organizational, and didactic discourses. The economic discourse was the predominantone to which the organization had to adjust. The medical discourse was self-evident and unquestioned. Managers reorganizedpatient education routines and structures, generally due to economic constraints. Nurses’ pedagogical competencedevelopment was unclear, and practice-based experiences of patient education were considered very important, whereastheoretical pedagogical knowledge was considered less important. Managers’ support for nurses’ practical- and theoreticalbasedpedagogical competence development needs to be strengthened.
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- Forsberg, Anna, et al.
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Understanding the Perceived Threat of the Risk of Graft Rejections : A Middle-Range Theory
- 2015
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In: Global Qualitative Nursing Research. - : Sage Publications. - 2333-3936. ; 2
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- From a clinical viewpoint, graft rejection is one of the greatest threats faced by an organ transplant recipient (OTR). We propose a middle-range theory (MRT) of Perceived Threat of the Risk of Graft Rejection (PTRGR) as a contribution to the practice of transplant nursing. It could also apply to the detection of risky protective behavior, that is, isolation, avoidance, or non-adherence. The proposed MRT covers the following concepts and the relationship between them: transplant care needs, threat reducing interventions, intervening variables, level of PTRGR, protective strategies, and evidence-based practice. Parts of this theory have been empirically tested and support the suggested relationship between some of the concepts. Further tests are needed to strengthen the theoretical links. The conceptual framework might serve as a guide for transplant nurses in their efforts to promote post-transplant health and reduce threat-induced emotions.
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- Melin-Johansson, Christina, et al.
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The Recovery Process When Participating in Cancer Support and Rehabilitation Programs in Sweden
- 2015
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In: Global qualitative nursing research. - : Sage Publications. - 2333-3936. ; 2
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The aim was to illuminate the meaning of participating in support and rehabilitation programs described by people diagnosed with cancer. Nineteen persons were interviewed in focus groups and face-to-face. Data were analyzed with a qualitative phenomenological hermeneutical method for researching lived experiences. Interpretation proceeded through three phases: naïve reading, structural analysis, and comprehensive understanding. Three themes were disclosed: receiving support for recovery when being most vulnerable, recapturing capabilities through supportive activities, and searching to find stability and well-being in a changed life situation. Participating in the programs was an existential transition from living in an unpredictable situation that was turned into something meaningful. Recovery did not mean the return to a state of normality; rather, it meant a continuing recovery from cancer treatments and symptoms involving recapturing capabilities and searching for a balance in a forever changed life. This study provides new insights about the experiences of participating in cancer support and rehabilitation programs.
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