Nurses’ lived experience of Strategies for tackling with moral challenges in caring for comatose patients: A phenomenological study
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 9
Abstract
Comatose patients deal with numerous moral challenges at ICU. The nurses have a significant role in recognizing these challenges and the approach to deal with them. Thus, the present study aims at clarifying nurses’ lived experience for dealing with the moral challenges in caring for comatose patients. This qualitative study was done applying a phenomenological approach at Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences from 2014 to 2015. Having done a purposeful sampling 10-experienced nurse was selected. The data was collected using 14 semi-structured indepth interviews. Data collection was continued to achieve a rich interpretation of the content and themes saturation. Data analysis was done applying Van Manen’s six-step method. In data analysis, 5 main themes were driven from the nurses’ experiences. These themes include resistance-focused flexibility, counselling guidelines, supportive participation, professional caring, and moral caring. The themes driven from the present study can be applied by hospital managers in dealing with moral challenges in caring for comatose patients. These themes are effective and helpful strategies for turning threats into opportunities in taking care of comatose patients.
Authors and Affiliations
Jamal Seidi| Assistant Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran, Alireaza Nikbakht Nasrabadi| Professor, Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran of University Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Kian Zobeiry| Medical Student, Student Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Nasrin Aliramaei| M.Sc, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran, Corresponding Email: n_aliramaei@yahoo.com
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP12010
- DOI -
- Views 258
- Downloads 11
The Comparison between Two Methods for the Relief of Knee Osteoarthritis Pain: Radiofrequency and Intra-Periarticular Ozone Injection: A Clinical Trial Study
Knee osteoarthritis is not always well controlled by usual treatments, therefore new therapeutic methods such as radiofrequency and ozone injection should be investigated. Comparing the efficacy of two methods: radiofre...
Te Scope of Overweight/Obesity among Medical Participants
Background: Obesity and overweight occurrence in individuals is regarded to be the major concern in numerous countries. The study aimed to understand the scope and identify the factors that could associate with overweig...
A RARE CASE OF OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA TYPE III
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) the most common genetic cause of osteoporosis is a generalized disorder of connective tissue, characterized by increased bone fragility, low bone mass, recurrent fractures & numerous extraos...
The survey of the relationship between test anxiety and self-efficacy among the city of Urmia’s medical sciences university students in 2016
The great majority of the students who acquire good marks during the curriculum terms have been found to experience a drop in their final scores at the end of the semester and this can be a result of the high level of a...
Exponentially Decaying Electric Pulses for Improving Radioactive Iodine uptake in human thyroid cancer cells
Radioactive iodine (radioiodine) is an effective nuclear medicine treatment used to eradicate thyroid cancer cells. The problem was the inability of thyroid cells to retain radioiodine which causes the thyroid cancer ce...