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dc.contributor.advisorDu Plessis, E.
dc.contributor.authorHobbs, Petronella Susara
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-11T08:17:07Z
dc.date.available2018-06-11T08:17:07Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/27380
dc.descriptionMCur, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2018en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Practising a caring presence is an important nursing intervention that is currently gaining more recognition in nursing science. Different nursing authors support the opinion that a caring presence is indispensable to high quality nursing care and patient-centred care and that meaningful relationships enhance wholeness and healing. However, a clear and rich description of what caring presence unique to nursing within the South African context would entail, is becoming increasingly important. Purpose: The purpose of this study is therefore to explore and describe professional nurses’ lived experience of practising caring presence in the context of a rural public hospital in the North West province, South Africa. New insights gained from this study may be used to guide nurses in the art of this nursing skill and in developing this attitude. The study aims to illuminate how caring presence can improve the quality of nursing care and enhance professionalism among nurses, and it makes recommendations on how to encourage nurses to implement the practice of caring presence within the nursing profession. Methodology: In order to achieve the goal, a descriptive phenomenological design, specifically Husserl’s approach, informed this study. Data were collected in a natural setting at a rural public hospital by means of audio-recorded, semi-structured interviews, aiming to capture the nuances of this lived experience. A purposive sampling method was utilised and the sample comprised of ten eligible (n=10) professional nurses, with varying years of working experience and qualifications, identified from a target population of fifty-nine (N=59) professional nurses. Furthermore, the researcher took field notes directly after the interviews and personally transcribed each semi-structured interview verbatim. Both the co-coder and researcher analysed and coded the transcribed interviews using Colaizzi’s seven-step method. Trustworthiness: Trustworthiness was demonstrated by providing rigour and strength to the study in accordance with the principles of credibility, dependability, confirmability, transferability and authenticity. Ethics: The researcher adhered to various international and national health research ethics guidelines to ensure and maintain integrity throughout the life cycle of the project. Data analysis: The findings of this research study were derived from the participants’ responses. From the transcribed interviews, 319 significant statements were extracted, leading to the development of 319 formulated meanings that reflect the lived experiences of these professional nurses. Eleven theme clusters were formed from the formulated meanings, which further merged into five emergent themes. Findings: The emergent themes include professional caring presence, ethical caring presence, personal caring presence, healing caring presence and what caring presence is not. All the themes are illustrated in a final thematic map. Each theme is discussed, supported by direct quotes and relevant data obtained from literature, and reduced to an exhaustive description. These descriptions provide a deeper understanding of these professional nurses’ experiences regarding the practice of caring presence in this specific context. Conclusions: The conclusion from the exhaustive description of the participants’ lived experience of practising caring presence is that professional nurses experience practising caring presence as fulfilling, professionally as well as personally, as an expression of their passion for the profession, as a way of portraying ethical care, a willingness to be personally present for patients, and as a healing experience that involves being dedicated and taking care of patients holistically. In addition, they indicated what caring presence is not: unprofessional and unethical behaviour or the depersonalisation of patients. These are barriers that hinder the practise of caring presence. These research findings and conclusions serve as the basic structure for the derived recommendations for nursing education, nursing practice and nursing research. The rich information and insight gained from this study add to nursing’s body of knowledge regarding caring presenceen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Research Foundation (South Africa) North-West University (NWU)en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNorth-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campusen_US
dc.subjectCaring presenceen_US
dc.subjectNursing presenceen_US
dc.subjectLived experienceen_US
dc.subjectDescriptive phenomenologyen_US
dc.subjectRural public hospitalen_US
dc.titleProfessional nurses' lived experience of practising caring presence in a rural public hospitalen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.thesistypeMastersen_US


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