J Korean Acad Nurs.  2018 Jun;48(3):311-322. 10.4040/jkan.2018.48.3.311.

Chronically Ill Patients' Perception of Hospital Nurses

• Lee BS
• Lee MA
• Eo YS

• KMID: 2429107
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2018.48.3.311

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this qualitative research was to investigate chronically ill patients' perception of hospital nurses.
METHODS
Individual in-depth interviews and qualitative content analysis were used for data collection and analysis respectively. Participants were 13 chronically ill hospitalized patients or outpatients in three universities hospitals. All interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed using the qualitative content analysis suggested by Graneheim and Lundman (2004).
RESULTS
Three themes emerged from the 10 sub-themes, which were categorized from the 21 condensed meaning units by interpreting the underlying meanings. The three themes were "person giving comfort and support by caring", "person facilitating the process of healing", and "person taking the initiative in power relations". Two themes involved positive experiences of patients and the other included negative ones.
CONCLUSION
The results showed that the participants perceived the hospital nurses as devoted to caring for patients and facilitating treatments, but authoritative in performing their duty. Based on these results, it is recommended that hospital nurses improve their nursing knowledge, skills and humanistic attitude.

Keyword

Chronic Illness; Patients; Perception; Nurse; Qualitative research

MeSH Terms

Chronic Disease*
Data Collection
Humans
Nursing
Outpatients
Qualitative Research

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