The Caring Mission – Nursing Personnel’s Inner Driving Force in End-of-Life Care

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ID15736555
AuthorsMargareta Karlsson (0000-0003-1981-455X, University West, corresponding author), Christina Karlsson (0000-0002-3982-1784, University West), Anne Kasén (0000-0001-8093-4054, University West)
Year2022
Volume9
Pages23333936221128241-23333936221128241
Publication date2022-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2333-3936 • E-ISSN: 2333-3936
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/23333936221128241
PMID36341138
OpenAlexW4308553550
LanguageEN
References cited28

Constantly facing human suffering and impending death can generate anxiety and insecurity in nursing personnel in end-of-life care. The aim of the study is to reveal nursing personnel's inner driving force in end-of-life care. A phenomenological hermeneutical method was used to search for meaning in the narrative data collected in this study. The structural analysis resulted in four themes: The appeal in the patient's vulnerability, The appeal in the patient's joy, Facing one's own existence in vulnerability , and Being at home with colleagues . Both vulnerability and joy motivated nursing personnel in caring. The care was often emotionally engaging and oscillated between grief and joy, which required a great deal from the nursing personnel both as professionals and fellow human beings. At the same time the emotionally engaging constituted an inner driving force, which gave them courage to do the best for the patients at the end of life

Appeal · Courage · End-of-life care · Grief · Meaning (existential · Narrative · Nursing care · Palliative care · Political science · Psychotherapist · Vulnerability (computing · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology

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