PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore dream work as a possible means for nurses to increase self-understanding and problem solving in personal and professional life. DESIGN Hermeneutic phenomenologic, descriptive, and interpretive. SETTING A comprehensive cancer center in the southern United States. SAMPLE Six nurses with a mean age of 40 and 1-10 years of oncology nursing experience. METHODS I...

Abstract In 1931 Husserl writes and publishes the Epilogue to his Ideas , where he aims explain core of work. Aware that this is a legacy which must be carried forward, seeks preserve it from what calls “the mistaken views” found in new ways conducting phenomenology. Our text underlines polemic side Husserl’s project, basically but tacitly against Heidegger, sustains auto-interpretive piece fun...

INTRODUCTION American Indian women often have poor perinatal outcomes and are at risk for early childbearing. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the experience and meaning of early childbearing among American Indian women. METHODS Employing interpretive phenomenology and a semistructured interview guide, we interviewed 30 adult American Indian women residing in a northwes...

Objective To consider the changing philosophical and theoretical construction of nursing which has moved from an initial focus on positivism and science, and undergone a paradigmatic shift so that it is now being interpreted by some nursing theorists in alternative ways. Primary Argument A theoretical review of some nursing theorists and a critical consideration of the wider concepts which have...

PROBLEM Little is known about dyadic processes that lead to adolescent dating violence. The purpose of this study was to examine the phenomenon of relationship ambiguity in adolescent dating relationships to better understand how ambiguity contributes to violence and aggression between dating partners. METHODS Data were drawn from 88 narratives of young adults who had participated in a study ...

The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the experiences of quality of life/life situation among those who were next of kin to persons with inoperable lung cancer. Data were collected in qualitative interviews, where 11 next of kin articulated their lived experiences, and were interpreted through interpretive phenomenology. Four themes were identified: changed life situation, expe...

BACKGROUND Much has been published related to the epistemology of Heideggerian hermeneutic research. We seek to reveal insights from our experience of enacting such research. OBJECTIVE To articulate the lived experience of 'doing' Heideggerian hermeneutic research. DESIGN The authors of this paper shared their experiences with the primary author towards articulating the process of 'doing' s...

BACKGROUND As an inherently human process fraught with subjectivity, dynamic interaction, and change, social interaction knowledge translation (KT) invites implementation scientists to explore what might be learned from adopting the academic tradition of social constructivism and an interpretive research approach. This paper presents phenomenological investigation of the second cycle of a parti...

This study aims to implement Islamic muraqabah values ​​in financial management in Bana Village, Bontocani District, Bone Regency. type of research is qualitative by using the paradigm Interpretive Phenomenology. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, observation, documentation studies, and voice recording devices. The results showed that Regency, was based on principles Good Village ...