Inside Patients’ Homes
A Metaphorical Analysis of Home Hospice Nurses’ Experiences Working With Dying Patients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628256 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zachary White (0000-0002-9227-9920, Queens University of Charlotte, corresponding author), Zachary M White (Queens University of Charlotte), Cristina M Gilstrap (Drury University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 302-315 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0030222815575282 |
| OpenAlex | W2465774355 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 41 |
This study examined the metaphors used by home hospice nurses when describing their experiences working with dying patients. In-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted with 24 home hospice nurses from a midsize for-profit hospice organization that provides services to approximately 230 patients each year. The interviews revealed four main metaphors emphasizing how home hospice nurses conceive and communicate their experiences working with patients: a calling, hallowed ground, going with the flow, and life lessons. These metaphors highlight how home hospice nurses transcend organizational role descriptions, feel empowered to make a difference, appreciate the inevitable unpredictability of their work, and draw upon patient interactions for self-reflection. The findings reveal a consistent emphasis on the positive and rewarding aspects of hospice work and prescriptions about how nurses should perform their role. Metaphors identified in this study could be used to recruit prospective home hospice nurses and strengthen training or education programs
Hospice care · Palliative care · Work (physics · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Basics of qualitative research
The Long Interview
Metaphors We Live By
Naked and dressed
Representing death in psychology
Memorialisation and the metaphor of final journeys
Going down” and “getting deeper”
Information Sharing in Interdisciplinary Team Meetings
Dialectical Contradictions Experienced When a Loved One is Dying in a Hospital Setting
When Spiritual Horizons Beckon
The Metaphor of "Family" in Staff Communication About Dying and Death
Conceptualizing Compassion as Recognizing, Relating and (Re)acting
Conflict at Disneyland
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |