The lived experience of the wound care nurse in caring for patients with pressure ulcers

Varga, Marlene; Holloway, Samantha

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“…This method allowed the nurses to express their own experience through interviews. As a result, the lived experiences of this verbally abused nurses were revealed (Varga & Holloway, 2014;Al-Shamlan et al, 2017).…”

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Verbal Abuse in the Workplace: The Unfolding Phenomenon

Cabillo¹,

Daño²

2020

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Violence in the workplace is a common situation among workers all over the world. This may happen to almost all companies and industries where violence is really a concern. One workplace where violence is rampant includes the hospitals and nursing homes. In the Philippines, nurses are confronted with physical, verbal, and emotional abuses. However, evidence of verbal abuse against nurses in the workplace are little and even fragmented literature reviews particularly on exposure rates, sources, and responses. This study determined the lived experiences of nurses who experienced verbal abuses in their workplace. The study utilized qualitative descriptive phenomenological approach that describe social phenomenon that is concerned with opinions, feelings and experiences of nurses as they occur naturally in the time of verbal abuse. Purposive sampling was used, and it focused on nurses who are employed in the hospitals. The instrument utilized the Bevans interview guide which is an essential concept to understand the present phenomenon. Descriptive bracketing allowed the researcher to focus on the pure essences of the phenomenon. The Colaizzi's eight steps were used in analyzing the data. The results of the study revealed the themes as result of their lived experiences. The first theme is destructive experience, the second theme is reactive responses, and the third theme is the evasive strategies. With these findings, the researcher noted the phases of the nurses lived experiences. Despite of difficulties, pain and sadness, the nurses have the capacity to resolve and cope any kinds of violent situations.

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Verbal Abuse in the Workplace: The Unfolding Phenomenon

Cabillo¹,

Daño²

2020

MJN

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“…Often, the evidence for efficacy of many medical products is limited and of poor quality 48 and carers find managing chronic wounds challenging. 49 There is a variable understanding among general practitioners (GPs) about the underlying causes of chronic wounds and incomplete understanding of the organisation of care pathway structures. 50,51 A study from four European countries showed that not all GPs identify specialised practitioners to refer patients to, and many are unaware of clinical guidelines and protocols.…”

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Implementing TIMERS: the race against hard-to-heal wounds

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“…On the whole, understanding the experiences of this patient group has been largely overshadowed by issues of health service delivery and biomedical treatments and risk factors (5,30). Highlighting the limited interpretation of loss in the PI literature, a systematic review of the impact of PI upon older people conceptualised loss in terms of loss of interest in socialising, loss of independence and loss of appetite (13).…”

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“…Nurses caring for patients with PI must be aware of the threat to dignity and the risk of loss and vulnerability that arise from the experience of living with a PI. Of note, qualitative studies of nurses' experiences of caring for chronic wounds, report that nurses distance themselves (5) or downplay the significance of the wounds (8,9). Similarly, when dealing with patient PI, nurses may focus their attention on the technical aspects of wound care, to maintain emotional distance in a situation which they find emotionally difficult (46).…”

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“…healthcare staff about their experience and knowledge of PI prevention and treatment (5); and to date there has been little room for patients to explain how a PI has affected them personally, how they would like their treatment to work and which PI related issues they want addressed. In this paper we report findings on patients perceptions of loss associated with PI.…”

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Living with multiple losses: Insights from patients living with pressure injury

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Background: Pressure injury is a common problem. Its prevention and treatment is predominantly focussed on views, perceptions and knowledge of healthcare staff rather than on patient experience, particularly those patients living in their own homes.Aim: This paper reports findings on patients experiences and perceptions of loss associated with PI.These findings are drawn from a larger study of pressure injury patients living and receiving care in the community.Methods: Qualitative interviews with 12 participants with pressure injury and five carers. Data was audio recorded and thematically analysed. The study is reported in accordance with the COREQ guidelines.Findings: Having a pressure injury negatively affected many aspects of life for our participants resulting in multiple losses. These losses included loss of mobility and independence, privacy and dignity, and social engagement and ability to engage in preferred activities.Discussion: Although the effects of a pressure injury may be similar for many people, the most important issues will differ from person-to-person thus treatment and prevention of pressure injury requires a multidisciplinary team having a holistic care approach. Some patients' pressure injury will never heal and it is increasingly important to involve the patient to find out what matters most to them and how their wound is impacting on them, to jointly develop a holistic, person-centred plan.Conclusion: Policy and practice should recognise and reflect that patients living with a pressure injury at home have different challenges and needs to those in acute or long term care. Pragmatic solutions in the delivery of pressure injury care are needed to compliment the drive to move healthcare from the hospital-to-home. 3 SUMMARY OF RELEVANCE: IssueLittle is known about the impact of pressure injuries on the lives of patients living in their own homes, especially from the patient's perspective.

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The lived experience of the wound care nurse in caring for patients with pressure ulcers

Cited by 13 publications

References 53 publications

Verbal Abuse in the Workplace: The Unfolding Phenomenon

Verbal Abuse in the Workplace: The Unfolding Phenomenon

Implementing TIMERS: the race against hard-to-heal wounds

Living with multiple losses: Insights from patients living with pressure injury

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