Mutual suffering: A nurse's story of caring for the living as they are dying

Authors: Graham, I.W., Andrewes, T. and Clark, L.

Journal: International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volume: 11

Issue: 6

Pages: 277-285

eISSN: 1440-172X

ISSN: 1322-7114

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2005.00535.x

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to uncover the meaning of the lived experience of mutual suffering in relation to the care of a dying patient. The study took place within an acute medical ward in a district general hospital on the south coast of England as part of a reflective practice development programme. Parse's human becoming theory provided a framework for the study and Parse's research methodology was adopted. Understanding the nature of human relationships within nursing practice is central to nursing work, enabling patients and their health-professional carers to live and work healthily in the context of human becoming. Illuminating mutual suffering through reflection enables nursing and health-care professionals to acknowledge the paradoxes of practice and, thus, create new strategies for the provision ofcare and the improvement of practice, so that quality of life is maximized for the patient and for themselves. ©2005 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.

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Mutual suffering: a nurse's story of caring for the living as they are dying.

Authors: Graham, I.W., Andrewes, T. and Clark, L.

Journal: Int J Nurs Pract

Volume: 11

Issue: 6

Pages: 277-285

ISSN: 1322-7114

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2005.00535.x

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to uncover the meaning of the lived experience of mutual suffering in relation to the care of a dying patient. The study took place within an acute medical ward in a district general hospital on the south coast of England as part of a reflective practice development programme. Parse's human becoming theory provided a framework for the study and Parse's research methodology was adopted. Understanding the nature of human relationships within nursing practice is central to nursing work, enabling patients and their health-professional carers to live and work healthily in the context of human becoming. Illuminating mutual suffering through reflection enables nursing and health-care professionals to acknowledge the paradoxes of practice and, thus, create new strategies for the provision of care and the improvement of practice, so that quality of life is maximized for the patient and for themselves.

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Mutual suffering: a nurse's story of caring for the living as they are dying

Authors: Graham, I.W., Andrewes, T. and Clark, L.

Journal: International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volume: 11

Pages: 277-285

ISSN: 1322-7114

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2005.00535.x

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to uncover the meaning of the lived experience of mutual suffering in relation to the care of a dying patient. The study took place within an acute medical ward in a district general hospital on the south coast of England as part of a reflective practice development programme. Parse's human becoming theory provided a framework for the study and Parse's research methodology was adopted. Understanding the nature of human relationships within nursing practice is central to nursing work, enabling patients and their health-professional carers to live and work healthily in the context of human becoming. Illuminating mutual suffering through reflection enables nursing and health-care professionals to acknowledge the paradoxes of practice and, thus, create new strategies for the provision of care and the improvement of practice, so that quality of life is maximized for the patient and for themselves.

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Source: Manual

Mutual suffering: a nurse's story of caring for the living as they are dying.

Authors: Graham, I.W., Andrewes, T. and Clark, L.

Journal: International journal of nursing practice

Volume: 11

Issue: 6

Pages: 277-285

eISSN: 1440-172X

ISSN: 1322-7114

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172x.2005.00535.x

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to uncover the meaning of the lived experience of mutual suffering in relation to the care of a dying patient. The study took place within an acute medical ward in a district general hospital on the south coast of England as part of a reflective practice development programme. Parse's human becoming theory provided a framework for the study and Parse's research methodology was adopted. Understanding the nature of human relationships within nursing practice is central to nursing work, enabling patients and their health-professional carers to live and work healthily in the context of human becoming. Illuminating mutual suffering through reflection enables nursing and health-care professionals to acknowledge the paradoxes of practice and, thus, create new strategies for the provision of care and the improvement of practice, so that quality of life is maximized for the patient and for themselves.

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