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Marit Kvangarsnes
Marit Kvangarsnes
Faculty of Health Sciences Aalesund University College,
Aalesund
Norway
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Research Article
Nurses’ Perspectives on Compassionate Care for Patients with Exacerbated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Author(s): Marit Kvangarsnes, Henny Torheim, Torstein Hole and Paul CrawfordMarit Kvangarsnes, Henny Torheim, Torstein Hole and Paul Crawford
The aim of the study was to gain insight into intensive care nurses’ perspectives on compassionate care for patients with exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Patients who experience acute exacerbation are vulnerable because they experience a life-threatening situation and are wholly dependent on health-care interventions to relieve breathlessness. A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used. Three focus group interviews with intensive-care nurses were conducted at two hospitals in western Norway in the autumn of 2009. One group had five participants, and two groups had six participants each (N=17). A collaborative practice was regarded as essential to provide compassionate care in these situations. Three main themes emerged from the data: (a) preparing to care for breathlessness; (b) establishing a trusting relationship; (c) to approach each patient as a pers.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6121.1000158