Making the invisible visible--operating theatre nurses' perceptions of caring in perioperative practice
| Autor: | Birgitta Bisholt, Lillemor Lindwall, Jan Nilsson, Ann-Catrin Blomberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Adult
Male Operating Rooms Operating theatres Perioperative nursing media_common.quotation_subject Nurses Patient care Dignity Nursing Perioperative Nursing Medicine Humans Learning In patient Perioperative Period Qualitative Research media_common Sweden business.industry Qualitative descriptive Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Perioperative Middle Aged Nurses perceptions Female business Nurse-Patient Relations |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian journal of caring sciences. 29(2) |
| ISSN: | 1471-6712 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to describe operating theatre nurses' (OTNs') perceptions of caring in perioperative practice. A qualitative descriptive design was performed. Data were collected with interviews were carried out with fifteen strategically selected operating theatre nurses from different operating theatres in the middle of Sweden. A phenomenographic analysis was used to analyse the interviews. The findings show that operating theatre nurses' perceptions of caring in perioperative practice can be summarised in one main category: To follow the patient all the way. Two descriptive categories emerged: To ensure continuity of patient care and keeping a watchful eye. The operating theatre nurses got to know the patient and as a result became responsible for the patient. They protected the patient's body and preserved patient dignity in perioperative practice. The findings show different aspects of caring in perioperative practice. OTNs wanted to be more involved in patient care and follow the patient throughout the perioperative nursing process. Although OTNs have the ambition to make the care in perioperative practice visible, there is today a medical technical approach which promotes OTNs continuing to offer care in secret. |
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