The living experience of surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and spiritual meaning making.

Aim: To understand the meaning of surviving out of hospital cardiac arrest and its aftereffects among Greek-speaking survivors.

Design: Hermeneutical phenomenological method based on Martin Heidegger's philosophy.

Methods: Eight Greek-speaking out of hospital cardiac arrest survivors were recruited using purposive sampling method.

Perceptions of critical and emergency department nurses regarding changes in their professional role.

Objective Preliminary investigation of the way Greek critical and emergency department nurses conceptualize changes in their professional role. Method A qualitative focus-group methodology was applied. Following purposeful sampling and informed consent of participants.

The experience of Greek-Cypriot individuals living with mental illness: preliminary results of a phenomenological study.

Background: Research evidence shows that healthcare professionals do not fully comprehend the difficulty involved in problems faced by people living with severe mental illness (SMI). As a result, mental health service consumers do not show confidence in the healthcare system and healthcare professionals, a problem related to the phenomenon of adherence to therapy. Moreover, the issue of unmet needs in treating individuals living with SMI is relared to their quality of life in a negative way.

'The patient is my space': hermeneutic investigation of the nurse-patient relationship in critical care.

Background: The nurse-patient relationship has been postulated to lie at the core of nursing care. However, it is unclear how this concept applies in critical care, as a great majority of critically ill patients are unable to communicate.

Aims: Through a phenomenological hermeneutical perspective, we aimed to explore intensive care nurses' perceptions and meanings regarding their interpersonal relationship with critically ill individuals.

Greek intensive and emergency care nurses' perception of their public image: a phenomenological approach.

The public image of the nurse constitutes an important factor for recruitment into the profession, retention, and also for work satisfaction. The aim of this qualitative study was to disclose the way nurses internalize their professional public image and professional worth, as well as nurses' feelings about that image. Findings showed that although nurses have made a tremendous effort to improve the public image of their profession, negative nursing stereotypes still persist.

Pilot exploration of the association between self-esteem and professional satisfaction in Hellenic hospital nurses.

Aim: To explore potential associations between nurses' self-esteem and professional satisfaction.

Background: Professional burnout and moderate job satisfaction have been reported consistently among nurses. However, potential associations of the above elements with personality characteristics have not been adequately addressed.