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Nurses' Narratives Of Unforgettable Patient Care Events, M.E. Gunther, Sandra Thomas
Nurses' Narratives Of Unforgettable Patient Care Events, M.E. Gunther, Sandra Thomas
Sandra Thomas
Purpose: To explore the experience of registered nurses (RNs) caring for patients in contemporary hospitals.
Design: The descriptive phenomenological study was based in the philosophical perspectives of Husserl and Merleau-Ponty.
Methods: A purposive sample of 46 RNs employed in acute care hospitals in the southeastern United States (US) were recruited by network sampling. Data from unstructured interviews were analyzed in an interpretive group and themes were identified.
Findings: Four themes were identified: (a) extraordinary caregiving events, (b) incomprehensibility, (c) questioning whether anything else could have been done, and (d) “alone or together,” indicating the isolation nurses often experience while giving …