Many nurses grieve when patients die; however, nurses’ grief is not often acknowledged or discussed. Also, little attention is given to preparing nurses for this experience in schools of nursing and in orientations to health care organizations. The purpose of this research was to explore obstetrical and neonatal nurses’ experiences of grieving when caring for families who experience loss after ...

Abstract This paper examines the idea of objective phenomenology , or a way understanding phenomenal character conscious experiences that doesn’t require one to have had kinds under consideration. My central thesis is structural facts about experience—facts characterize purely how are structured—are facts. I begin by precisifying and diagnosing what makes any given fact subjective. Then defend ...

PURPOSE To understand the patient-healthcare provider (HCP) relationship from the lived experience of women with chronic disease and determine how this relationship affects women's health. DATA SOURCES Narrative accounts of 25 women's relationships with HCPs in repeated group and individual interviews were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim. Interpretive phenomenology was used to explore th...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe the experiences of women who accessed the Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE) Web site after learning of a family BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. RESEARCH APPROACH Interpretive phenomenology based on Heideggerian hermeneutics. SETTING Telephone interviews of women living in the United States who accessed FORCE. PARTICIPANTS A purposive sample of eight women...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore beliefs about diet and traditional Chinese medicine related to the breast cancer experience of Hong Kong Chinese women and their families. DESIGN Interpretive phenomenology. SETTING Hong Kong, China. SAMPLE A purposive sample of 20 Hong Kong Chinese women diagnosed with breast cancer at various stages of the illness trajectory and at least one other family me...

INTRODUCTION The rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) amongst midlife and older heterosexual women in New Zealand is rising. Popular culture celebrates a heightened sexuality for this population group. However, depictions of sexually savvy 'cougars' are at odds with reality for many women. International literature highlights that these women are often ill-equipped to negotiate safer s...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe common practices and shared meanings of sleep-wake disturbances in individuals with newly diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) before treatment and evaluate their preexisting sleep disturbances. RESEARCH APPROACH Open-ended interviews of patients newly diagnosed with lung cancer. SETTING A Veterans Administration hospital and a comprehensive cancer cen...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To understand the meaning of dignity to the urban poor and to describe their experiences living with advanced cancer. DESIGN Qualitative approach using interpretive phenomenology. SETTING Various community residential and clinical sites in a western city in the United States. SAMPLE 14 patients (6 men and 8 women) with stage III or IV solid tumors who ranged in age from...