The meaning and impact of empathic relationships in hospice nursing

Raudonis, Barbara M.

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“…1997). Whether in this situation, the patients also find it difficult to talk with nurses about their needs remains to be explored, though nurses’ way of performing a task is shown to be of greatest importance for patients’ physical and emotional well‐being (Raudonis 1993, Halldorsdottir & Hamrin 1997).…”

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How patients spend their time in a hospice and in an oncological unit

Rasmussén

Sandman

1998

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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This paper presents the findings from a work sampling study. At 10-minute intervals the activities of patients in a hospice, and in an oncological unit were monitored for a day or a night. In total, 5286 observations of patient activities were recorded. The findings showed that being a patient, especially in the oncological unit, was apparently a very lonely experience with limited social interaction and purposeful activity. Hospice patients, in contrast, were less alone, spending much of their time with their relatives. Although none of the patients at either site spent a major part of either day or night with nurses, hospice patients and nurses spent significantly more time together, and their encounters more often lasted longer. Nursing care at both sites was mainly related to 'doing' rather than 'being', i.e. when with patients, nurses most often had some task to accomplish. The study shows the importance of increasing our understanding of the use of time and the combination of doing and being that reflects good nursing care of the dying.

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How patients spend their time in a hospice and in an oncological unit

Rasmussén

Sandman

1998

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…The nursing literature is replete with reports of the use of empathy (La Monica et al. 1987, Reid‐Ponte 1992, Raudonis 1993), touch (Bottorff 1993, Morales 1994) and comforting measures such as the use of emotionally supportive statements (Bottorff et al. 1995) in oncology and palliative settings.…”

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“…1995) in oncology and palliative settings. Nursing research suggests the importance of acknowledging patients with advanced cancer as persons of value, regardless of their disease stage (Raudonis 1993) and having sensitivity to their feelings and individual experiences (Reid‐Ponte 1992). Comforting through the use of empathy is considered an essential skill in oncology nursing (Kruijver et al.…”

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Patient perceptions of helpful communication in the context of advanced cancer

Stajduhar

Thorne

McGuinness

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Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…Raudonis 53 used a naturalistic approach to study the patient's perspective of the nature, meaning, and impact of empathic relationships with hospice nurses. Her findings include affirmation as a person, friendship, physical well-being, and emotional well-being as outcomes of patients experiencing empathy.…”

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Toward a Holistic Conceptualization of Empathy for Nursing Practice

Wiseman

2007

Advances in Nursing Science

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This article proposes a new holistic conceptualization of empathy for nursing practice that allows different aspects of the literature to be understood. This study is based on the data of a doctoral study exploring the nature of empathy on an oncology ward. The findings revealed that empathy is not a single phenomenon. Four different forms of empathy were identified, namely, empathy as an incident, empathy as a way of knowing, empathy as a process, and empathy as a way of being. These different forms of empathy can be understood in terms of a continuum of empathy development and suggest a new way of conceptualizing empathy that can be depicted diagrammatically.

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The meaning and impact of empathic relationships in hospice nursing

Cited by 52 publications

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How patients spend their time in a hospice and in an oncological unit

How patients spend their time in a hospice and in an oncological unit

Patient perceptions of helpful communication in the context of advanced cancer

Toward a Holistic Conceptualization of Empathy for Nursing Practice

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