Experience of home visiting nurses: An interview study on community dwelling elderly patients with feeling of loneliness in Finnish context
Terayama, Sachiko (2019)
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019112722772
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019112722772
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The aim of this thesis was to describe home visiting nurse experiences of elderly patient’s loneliness in a Finnish context. The study focused on how feeling of loneliness among elderly patient is perceived and described by home visiting nurses and what kind of challenges in relating to care of elderly patient with loneliness they are facing.
Qualitative study method was used to illuminate the experience of nurses. Data was collected from four home visiting nurses with semi-structured interview. Recorded data was transcribed later and coded for categorization to build main concepts. Findings were then discussed and explained by applying a theoretical framework of the “Humanbecoming theory”.
This study attempted to describe the loneliness, which is usually captured by subjectively, from nurse’s perception. Moreover, loneliness is a significantly broad concept and understanding of its meaning differs depending on each discipline. However, understanding loneliness as an existential aspect was author’s intension in this thesis.
As a result, a concept of “Process of becoming” was found for the description of elderly patient’s loneliness by home visiting nurses. Moreover, two concepts of “Environment” and “Professionalism” were immerged as a challenging part for nurses to take care the elderly patients with feeling of loneliness.
Qualitative study method was used to illuminate the experience of nurses. Data was collected from four home visiting nurses with semi-structured interview. Recorded data was transcribed later and coded for categorization to build main concepts. Findings were then discussed and explained by applying a theoretical framework of the “Humanbecoming theory”.
This study attempted to describe the loneliness, which is usually captured by subjectively, from nurse’s perception. Moreover, loneliness is a significantly broad concept and understanding of its meaning differs depending on each discipline. However, understanding loneliness as an existential aspect was author’s intension in this thesis.
As a result, a concept of “Process of becoming” was found for the description of elderly patient’s loneliness by home visiting nurses. Moreover, two concepts of “Environment” and “Professionalism” were immerged as a challenging part for nurses to take care the elderly patients with feeling of loneliness.