Patients’ Dignity in a Rehabilitation Ward: ethical challenges for nursing staff

The purpose of this study was to explore the challenges met by nursing staff in a rehabilitation ward. The overall design was qualitative: data were derived from focus interviews with groups of nurses and analyzed from a phenomenological-hermeneutic perspective. The main finding was that challenges...

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Опубликовано в: :Nursing ethics
Главные авторы: Stabell, Aase (Автор) ; Nåden, Dagfinn (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Sage 2006
В: Nursing ethics
Другие ключевые слова:B Dignity
B rehabilitation nursing
B Rationality
B Challenges
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Итог:The purpose of this study was to explore the challenges met by nursing staff in a rehabilitation ward. The overall design was qualitative: data were derived from focus interviews with groups of nurses and analyzed from a phenomenological-hermeneutic perspective. The main finding was that challenges emerge on two levels of ethics and rationality: an economic/administrative level and a level of care. An increase in work-load and the changing potential for patient rehabilitation influence the care that nurses can provide in rehabilitating patients, and therefore also affect patients’ feelings of self-worth and dignity. Some patients wish to maintain their independence and autonomy, whereas others seem to ‘lose themselves’. Independence and autonomy are associated with dignity, but their lack is contrary to it.
ISSN:1477-0989
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1191/0969733006ne866oa