作者
Alessandro Stievano, Laura Sabatino, Dyanne Affonso, Douglas Olsen, Isabelle Skinner, Gennaro Rocco
发表日期
2019/5
期刊
Journal of clinical nursing
卷号
28
期号
9-10
页码范围
1633-1642
简介
Aims and objectives
To determine the relevance of nursing's professional dignity in palliative care.
Background
Dignity is a valued concept in the ethical discourse of health disciplines. Nursing's professional dignity, a concept related to professional identity, is not clearly defined nor have its characteristics been delineated for its clinical relevance in palliative care.
Design
A qualitative methodological approach.
Methods
Focus groups elicited dialogues of nursing's professional dignity among 69 nurses working in hospices and home‐care in Italy. Data were content‐analysed via an inductive process. The COREQ checklist for qualitative studies was used for reporting this research.
Results
A central theme related to (a) “Intrinsic dignity of persons” was embedded in the essence of palliative care. Several corollary themes underscored this central theme: (b) Professional (intra‐ and inter) relationships and teamwork …
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