Dignity in relationships and existence in nursing homes' cultures.

Introduction: Expressions of dignity as a clinical phenomenon in nursing homes as expressed by caregivers were investigated. A coherence could be detected between the concepts and phenomena of existence and dignity in relationships and caring culture as a context. A caring culture is interpreted by caregivers as the meaning-making of what is accepted or not in the ward culture.

Operating theatre nurses' with managerial responsibility: Self-reported clinical competence and need of competence development in perioperative nursing.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate operating theatre nurses (OTNs) with managerial responsibility, and their self-rated clinical competence and need for competence development in perioperative nursing.

Design: A cross-sectional study was applied using a modified version of Professional Nurse Self-Assessment Scale of Clinical Core Competence I.

Method: Data were collected from 303 OTNs in Sweden, 80 of whom indicated that they had managerial responsibility.

Human dignity research in clinical practice - a systematic literature review.

Background: This literature study describes caring science research on human dignity in different clinical practice. We already know a good deal about human dignity in nursing care but how do patients, nurses, healthcare professionals and next of kin experience human dignity in clinical practice?

Aim: To summarise studies on human dignity to gain a deeper understanding of how it can be achieved in caring science research and to gain a broader understanding of the differences and similarities across caring contexts. The aim was also to gain a broader understanding of the differences and similarities of human dignity across different clinical practice.

Operating theatre nurses' self-reported clinical competence in perioperative nursing: A mixed method study.

Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate how operating theatre nurses (OTNs) self-rated their clinical competence and describe their experience of important factors for the development of clinical competence in perioperative nursing.

Design: A cross-sectional study with a mixed-method approach was chosen. Data were collected through a modified version of the questionnaire which was supplemented with an open-ended question.

Value conflicts in perioperative practice.

Background: The foundation of all nursing practice is respect for human rights, ethical value and human dignity. In perioperative practice, challenging situations appear quickly and operating theatre nurses must be able to make different ethical judgements. Sometimes they must choose against their own professional principles, and this creates ethical conflicts in themselves.

The significance of patient participation in nursing care - a concept analysis.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to report on a concept analysis of the meaning of patients' participation. Participation is commonplace in many areas of health care and has become an important issue in healthcare services. Participation is essential when giving nursing care.

Responsibility for patient care in perioperative practice.

Aim: To obtain an understanding of operating theatre nurses' experiences of responsibility for patient care and safety in perioperative practice.

Design: A hermeneutic design were used.

Method: Data were collected during 2012 from 15 operating theatre nurses who participated in individual interviews.

Tension between freedom and dependence-A challenge for residents who live in nursing homes.

Aims And Objectives: To present results from interviews of older people living in nursing homes, on how they experience freedom.

Background: We know that freedom is an existential human matter, and research shows that freedom remains important throughout life. Freedom is also important for older people, but further research is needed to determine how these people experience their freedom.

Ambulance Nurses' Competence and Perception of Competence in Prehospital Trauma Care.

Introduction: We focus on trauma care conducted in the context of a simulated traumatic event. This is in this study defined as a four-meter fall onto a hard surface, resulting in severe injuries to extremities in the form of bilateral open femur fractures, an open tibia fracture, and a closed pelvic fracture, all fractures bleeding extensively.

Methods: The simulated trauma care competence of 63 ambulance nurses in prehospital emergency care was quantitatively evaluated along with their perception of their sufficiency.

Clinical application research through reflection, interpretation and new understanding - a hermeneutic design.

The implementation of theoretical knowledge in clinical practice and the implementation of good clinical practice into theory have been of interest in caring science for the last 30 years. The aim of this article was to elaborate and discuss a methodology named clinical application research. The method is grounded in a hermeneutical design inspired by Gadamer's philosophy.

Nurse anaesthetist students' experiences of patient dignity in perioperative practice-a hermeneutic study.

Aim: The aim of the study was to describe how nurse anaesthetist students experienced patient dignity in perioperative practice.

Design: A hermeneutical design and the critical incident technique were used to obtain experiences from practice.

Method: In the Autumn of 2015, after participating in a mandatory lecture on ethics, 23 nurse anaesthetist students reported their experiences and interpretation concerning violation and preservation of patients' dignity in the operating theatre.

The significance of meaningful and enjoyable activities for nursing home resident's experiences of dignity.

Background: Living in a nursing home may be challenging to the residents' experience of dignity. Residents' perception of how their dignity is respected in everyday care is important.

Aim: To examine how nursing home residents experience dignity through the provision of activities that foster meaning and joy in their daily life.

First-time pregnant women's experiences of their body in early pregnancy.

Background: The body of first-time pregnant women is affected in many ways, and the women may not know what to expect. Conversations between women and healthcare personnel about women's bodily experience in early pregnancy can contribute to increased body knowledge, which may have a positive impact in later stages of their pregnancy and in relation to delivery. The aim of the study was to describe first-time pregnant women's experiences of their body in early pregnancy (pregnancy weeks 10-14).

Maintaining dignity in vulnerability: A qualitative study of the residents' perspective on dignity in nursing homes.

Background: Older people, living in nursing homes, are exposed to diverse situations, which may be associated with loss of dignity. To help them maintain their dignity, it is important to explore, how dignity is preserved in such context. Views of dignity and factors influencing dignity have been studied from both the residents' and the care providers' perspective.

The Dialectical Movement Between Deprivation and Preservation of a Person's Life Space: A Question of Nursing Home Residents' Dignity.

The aim of this study was to answer the question "What do nursing home residents do themselves in order to maintain their dignity?" Twenty-eight residents, 8 men and 20 women, aged 62 to 103 years, from 6 different nursing homes in Scandinavia were interviewed. The results showed that the residents tried to expand their life space, both physical and ontological, in order to experience health and dignity.

Fostering dignity in the care of nursing home residents through slow caring.

Background: Physical impairment and dependency on others may be a threat to dignity.

Research Questions: The purpose of this study was to explore dignity as a core concept in caring, and how healthcare personnel focus on and foster dignity in nursing home residents.

Research Design: This study has a hermeneutic design.

Learning by simulation in prehospital emergency care - an integrative literature review.

Background: Acquiring knowledge and experience on high-energy trauma is often difficult due to infrequent exposure. This creates a need for training which is specifically tailored for complex prehospital conditions. Simulation provides an opportunity for ambulance nurses to focus on the actual problems in clinical practice and to develop knowledge regarding trauma care.

What is dignity in prehospital emergency care?

Background: Ethics and dignity in prehospital emergency care are important due to vulnerability and suffering. Patients can lose control of their body and encounter unfamiliar faces in an emergency situation.

Objective: To describe what specialist ambulance nurse students experienced as preserved and humiliated dignity in prehospital emergency care.

The perioperative dialogue--a model of caring for the patient undergoing a hip or a knee replacement surgery under spinal anaesthesia.

The aim of the study was to describe how patients undergoing either a hip or a knee replacement surgery under spinal anaesthesia experienced to be a part of the perioperative dialogue as an ideal model of caring. A qualitative approach was chosen as a method. Nineteen patients undergoing either a hip or a knee replacement surgery under spinal anaesthesia participated.

Making the invisible visible--operating theatre nurses' perceptions of caring in perioperative practice.

The aim of this study was to describe operating theatre nurses' (OTNs') perceptions of caring in perioperative practice. A qualitative descriptive design was performed. Data were collected with interviews were carried out with fifteen strategically selected operating theatre nurses from different operating theatres in the middle of Sweden.

Student nurses' experiences of preserved dignity in perioperative practice - Part I.

Background: In recent years, operating theatre nurse students' education focussed on ethical value issues and how the patient's dignity is respected in the perioperative practice. Health professionals are frequently confronted with ethical issues that can impact on patient's care during surgery.

Objective: The objective of this study was to present what operating theatre nurse students experienced and interpreted as preserved dignity in perioperative practice.

Student nurses' experiences of undignified caring in perioperative practice - Part II.

Background: In recent years, operating theatre nurse students' education focused on ethics, basic values and protecting and promoting the patients' dignity in perioperative practice. Health professionals are frequently confronted with ethical issues that can impact on patient's care during surgery.

Objective: The objective of this study was to present what operating theatre nursing students perceived and interpreted as undignified caring in perioperative practice.

Family caregivers' experiences in nursing homes: narratives on human dignity and uneasiness.

This qualitative study focused on dignity in nursing homes from the perspective of family caregivers. Dignity is a complex concept and central to nursing. Dignity in nursing homes is a challenge, according to research.

Mapping the use of simulation in prehospital care - a literature review.

Background: High energy trauma is rare and, as a result, training of prehospital care providers often takes place during the real situation, with the patient as the object for the learning process. Such training could instead be carried out in the context of simulation, out of danger for both patients and personnel. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the development and foci of research on simulation in prehospital care practice.