Katie Erikson's caring theories. Part 2. The theory of caritative caring ethics and the theory of evidence.

In this article, Katie Eriksson's theory of caritative caring ethics and the theory of evidence, are described. Both theories are anchored in caritas, that is love, mercy and compassion. The theory of caritative caring ethics was first described by Eriksson in 1995, where seven assumptions or basic categories were elaborated.

Patients' body image after open abdominal surgery of abdominal aortic aneurysm - Perceptions and experiences.

Aims: To explore and gain an understanding of patients' perceptions and experiences of their body and bodily function in connection with open surgery of abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Background: After the operation of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) it may be difficult for the patients to understand what the procedure means.

Design: The design was descriptive and based on an analysis of 13 audio-taped consultations with patients undergoing open surgery for AAA at a Swedish university hospital.

Visual arts and drawings to communicate and explore authentic life situations, a data collection method in caring science - a hermeneutic perspective.

This methodological article aims to describe three methodological strategies for using drawings as a part of qualitative data collection methods in caring research based on hermeneutics. In some research interview situations, participants may have difficulties to express their experiences and feelings in words. The consequences may be that the descriptions in research reports will become superficial and not authentic, meaning, "telling it as it is".

Katie Eriksson's caring theories. Part 1. The caritative caring theory, the multidimensional health theory and the theory of human suffering.

In this article, Katie Eriksson's caring theories including the caritative caring theory, the multidimensional health theory and the theory of human suffering are described. The assumptions and concepts, both etymologically and semantically investigated, are founded in ontology. Caring is a human natural phenomenon and patient means the suffering human being.

Older patients' recovery following intensive care: A follow-up study with the RAIN questionnaire.

Unlabelled: The aim was to investigate older patient recovery (65 years+) up to two years following discharge from an intensive care unit (ICU) using the Recovery After Intensive Care (RAIN) instrument and to correlate RAIN with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD).

Methods: An explorative and descriptive longitudinal design was used. Eighty-two patients answered RAIN and HAD at least twice following discharge.