Understanding the experience of nursing students' internship at a palliative care unit: A phenomenological research study

Farfán-Zúñiga, Ximena; Jaman-Mewes, Paula

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104848

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“…Some ethical issues, such as end-of-life and patient dignity, triggered strong feelings about death. It is described as a shocking event in the immediate and then turns into acceptance, especially for people at the very end of their lives (with Covid-19) ( Farfán-Zúñiga and Jaman-Mewes, 2021 , Özkaya Sağlam et al, 2021 ). The students effortlessly recognised the limit of care during the Covid-19 pandemic, emphasising its, sometimes crude, aspects, such as the loneliness caused by the illness and the dying ( Garrino et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…Processing clinical placements’ emotional and ethical impact should be seen as soon a university’s duty, mainly if clinical placements demand so many personal resources. In this context, authors described the lack of communication tools and the need to experiment in active listening and make connections with the patient ( Farfán-Zúñiga and Jaman-Mewes, 2021 ).…”

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Nursing students’ clinical placement experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic: A phenomenological study

Barisone

Ghirotto

Busca

et al. 2022

Nurse Education in Practice

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Aim This study explored the clinical placement experiences of nursing students during the Covid-19 pandemic. Background The health emergency caused by Covid-19 required a rapid reorganisation of care settings. This reorganisation entailed revisiting the clinical placements settings and learning programs of Italian nursing faculties. Some Italian universities wanted to seize the health emergency as a learning opportunity enabling the nursing student to acquire additional knowledge and skills. Design We conducted a descriptive qualitative study employing a phenomenological approach. The study population was second and third-year nursing students. The students did their clinical placement in 5 Northern Italy hospitals, mainly in infectious diseases wards, intensive care and sub-intensive care units, emergency department, short-stay surgical units and internal medicine wards. In these departments, the inpatient wards were entirely converted into Covid-19 units. Ethical approval was obtained from the local ethics committee. Methods Semi-structured, open-ended interviews were conducted in March-April 2021 and analysed following a phenomenological approach. Results Twenty-one nursing students in their 2 nd and 3 rd academic year participated. Their average age was 24 years. 81% were female and 19% were male. Three main themes were generated: (i) Learning which surpasses technicalities; (ii) Confronting dignity issues; (iii) Feeling treated as an equal in the workspace. Students had to learn how to lower their fear and self-manage the emotional burden to be a caring presence for the patients who were intensely suffering from the disease and isolation. Attending a clinical practice placement in Covid-19 wards led them to focus on human dignity issues: participants realised how dignity was questioned and how they could become patients’ advocates. Students also described that they felt part of the team, with their student role almost fading. Conclusions This study describes that the most unpredictable public health emergency, such as Covid-19, can provide learning opportunities in the practice environment for nursing students. Students described feeling useful and capitalising on new competencies. Designing educational activities for nursing students concerning pandemic emergencies may be strategic for dealing with similar situations in the future.

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confidence: 99%

Nursing students’ clinical placement experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic: A phenomenological study

Barisone

Ghirotto

Busca

et al. 2022

Nurse Education in Practice

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Adaptation of mothers of hearing-impaired children to cochlear implantation: A qualitative study for identification of effective factors

Ravanyar,

Hashemian,

Mostafavi

et al. 2024

J Multidiscip Care

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<strong data-sider-select-id="23310f00-5dfa-480a-a4ff-ada7c69c0c78">Background and aims: Studies have indicated a considerable change in the trend of families’ adaptation to the hearing impairment of their children following the application of hearing screening programs in the past few years. This study was conducted in line with increased rehabilitation service quality and family-based intervention. It was performed to identify factors affecting the adaptation of mothers to hearing-impaired (HI) children with cochlear implants. <strong data-sider-select-id="15b3b513-cd15-4b53-8df8-f7a27ec30b17">Methods: This qualitative-descriptive research was performed with a phenomenological approach and involved 16 mothers of two to seven-year-old HI children with cochlear implants. The research setting was the centers for speech therapy of HI children in Shiraz, Iran. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with the subjects, and data analysis was performed in MAXQDA (2018) using Colaizzi’s seven-step method. <strong data-sider-select-id="f166576e-379c-4e0c-a498-612f4d8a6ac7">Results: The mean age of the subjects was 34 years, and the children of these parents were two to seven years old. The mean age of the earliest known diagnosis was 12 months. Moreover, the mean age at cochlear implantation was 2.5 years. Based on the subjects’ experiences, the researchers extracted factors affecting mothers’ adaptation, leading to four main themes. These factors facilitated mothers’ adaptation and included the quality of medical services, condition normalization, individual capabilities of mothers, and effective use of the environment. <strong data-sider-select-id="c47ad3f8-8f76-4323-9e3f-13eec76bdee1">Conclusion: Improving the quality of medical services, condition normalization, individual capabilities of mothers, and effective use of the environment led to an improvement in mothers’ adaptation to HI children with cochlear implants.

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Ethical challenges of death faced by nursing undergraduates in clinical practice: A qualitative study

Zhu

Shi

et al. 2022

Nurse Education Today

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Understanding the experience of nursing students' internship at a palliative care unit: A phenomenological research study

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

Nursing students’ clinical placement experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic: A phenomenological study

Nursing students’ clinical placement experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic: A phenomenological study

Adaptation of mothers of hearing-impaired children to cochlear implantation: A qualitative study for identification of effective factors

Ethical challenges of death faced by nursing undergraduates in clinical practice: A qualitative study

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