Engelsk titel: Nurses’ emotional challenges in providing home care in Norway
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Författare:
Eilertsen, Ingrid
;
Kiik, Riina
Email: ingrid.eilertsen@hbv.no
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 33
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16053823
Sammanfattning
The aim of this study was to examine registered nurses’ experiences of emotional challenges
when providing home care for older patients. Previous studies have shown that home care nurses
encounter increased responsibilities and emotional challenges when caring for older patients with
multiple diagnoses. However, to date, what these emotional challenges consist of has been
insufficiently investigated. A qualitative study, inspired by a phenomenological approach, was
conducted. Eleven registered nurses employed in home care services in Norway were selected for
semi-structured interviews, and three main challenges were identified using meaning condensation:
time pressure, feeling provoked by the behaviour of a patient and feeling overpowered by emotions
when a patient was in the terminal stage of his or her illness. Our conclusion is that when nurses are
confronted with a patient’s vulnerability, they are also confronted with their own vulnerability.