Reframing the meaning of life and professional values: A theoretical framework of facilitating professional care for terminally ill patients
| Autor: | Si Pan, Yan Shen, Deborah Koniak-Griffin, Jia Chen, Xianhong Li |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Process (engineering) media_common.quotation_subject education Terminally ill Grounded theory Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Constructivist grounded theory Nursing Humans Terminally Ill 030212 general & internal medicine Meaning of life Qualitative Research health care economics and organizations General Nursing media_common Terminal Care 030504 nursing Professional development General Medicine Cognitive reframing Models Theoretical Culturally Competent Care Hospitals humanities Grounded Theory 0305 other medical science Psychology End-of-life care |
| Zdroj: | Nursing & Health Sciences. 23:167-175 |
| ISSN: | 1442-2018 1441-0745 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/nhs.12792 |
| Popis: | Professional values reflect nurses' understanding of how to deliver professional care, which might influence nurses' attitudes and caring behaviors during end-of-life care. However, limited research has been conducted to explore nurses' experiences of professional development during end-of-life care, and theoretical explanations are scarce about how nurses enact their professional values during the caring process. This study explored the social process of professional values involved in end-of-life care in the Chinese cultural context by adopting a constructivist grounded theory approach. Twenty semi-structured in-depth interviews with 15 nurses from three hospitals in southeastern China were conducted. A theoretical framework emerged when focusing on the social process of "reframing the meaning of life and professional values" to facilitate professional care for terminally ill patients. Three main categories were sequentially identified as "recognizing the dilemmas when caring for terminally ill patients," "applying strategies to deal with values conflict," and "reconstructing values." This theoretical framework may be applied as a practical framework for equipping nurses with effective strategies to cultivate professional values, including the provision of adequate end-of-life knowledge, and a supportive workplace environment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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