The art of professional development and caring in cancer nursing
2006 (English)In: Nursing and Health Sciences, Vol. 8, no 1, p. 20-26Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The impetus for this qualitative study was the premise expressed by lay people that nursing terminally ill cancer patients must be depressing and difficult to cope with. Its focus was nurses' stress and coping strategies, both secular and religious. Data was collected using a narrative life-story approach, and then Lazaruz and Folkman's coping theory and Pargament's theory on the psychology of religion were used during the analysis of the data. Several factors were identified, related to the individual and group levels, that influence a nurse's identity and professional development. A person's life orientation was suggested as a first concept for developing a professional paradigm that includes caritas as a main orienting factor. Directed by the nurse's secular and religious orientation, competence develops, making it possible to understand, analyze, manage, and appreciate the significance of the professional work of caring. © 2006 The Author Journal Compilation © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2006. Vol. 8, no 1, p. 20-26
Keywords [en]
Cancer nurses, Coping, Professional development, Religious orientation, adult, article, cancer patient, clinical competence, coping behavior, data analysis, female, human, life event, male, nursing care, oncology nursing, patient care, priority journal, religion, stress, terminal disease, theory, adaptive behavior, altruism, art, decision making, education, empathy, existentialism, health personnel attitude, job satisfaction, middle aged, model, nurse patient relationship, nursing methodology research, nursing staff, organization and management, professional competence, psychological aspect, qualitative research, questionnaire, self concept, Sweden, terminal care, verbal communication, Adaptation, Psychological, Attitude of Health Personnel, Career Choice, Humans, Models, Nursing, Narration, Nurse-Patient Relations, Oncologic Nursing, Questionnaires
National Category
Nursing
Research subject
Nursing Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-36605DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2006.00263.xISI: -PubMedID: 11901746Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-33645787540OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-36605DiVA, id: diva2:747264
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