Lived experience of MS-related fatigue—a phenomenological interview study

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 707-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gullvi Flensner ◽  
Anna-Christina Ek ◽  
Olle Söderhamn
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Phenomenological Interview

Multiple Realities: The Changing Life Worlds of Actors

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte L. Doyle
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Phenomenological Method ◽  
Role Changes ◽  
Multiple Realities ◽  
New Material ◽  
Structural Descriptions ◽  
Phenomenological Interview ◽  
Over Time

This is an empirical phenomenological interview study into the experiences of professional actors as they create and perform roles for the stage. Prior research was inadequate for capturing actors’ changing life worlds over time. Analyzing the interviews using the descriptive phenomenological method yielded general structural descriptions and pointed to the relevance of Schütz’s description of multiple realities. Being cast in a role changes the pace and goals of actors’ everyday worlds and leads the actors intermittently and with intention to enter other realities—fictional, theoretical, and/or pictorial. A province unique to acting is the drama world in which the actors live incarnate as their characters. The drama world is infused pre-reflectively with discoveries from other provinces of meaning, unfolds spontaneously, and, in performance, has the audience as horizon. The drama world and the experiences that give rise to it provide new material for comparative phenomenological analysis of various forms of imagining.

scholarly journals Experiencia vivida del primer contacto con muerte en prácticas clínicas de estudiantes de enfermería

2022 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-139
Author(s):  
Manuel de Jesús Hernández Ramírez ◽  
Erika Yovana González Martín ◽  
Ashlye Melannie Fuentes Rodríguez ◽  
Suleika Alelí Carranza López ◽  
Violeta Compeán Padilla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Van Manen ◽  
Provide Quality Care ◽  
First Contact ◽  
Phenomenological Interview

Introduction: Death is a complex phenomenon, nurses in training may face the process of dying and death of people, which can generate diverse situations that represent their lived experiences. Objective: To understand the lived experience of the first contact with death during clinical practicum of nursing students at a public university.Methodology: Qualitative study with phenomenological approach. It was conducted from October 2020 to February 2021. Selection of participants by intentional sampling with information saturation with seven participants. Data collection through phenomenological interview; participants gave informed consent. The analysis was carried out through the three phases of Max Van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological method (description, interpretation, description plus interpretation). Results: The students refer to having been faced with the phenomenon in a state of helplessness, blockage, uncertainty, and fear; as well as facing death in a professional and reflective manner in order to provide quality care. Discussion: Death is a natural process; however, the first experiences are diverse and can produce in the students a set of emotions that condition their capacity to act, the way of adapting and observing the needs that arise during this experience. Conclusion: The experiences of nursing students show that they have difficulties in facing death, but it was not an impediment to provide the necessary care; it is considered that a deeper preparation on the process of dying can be favorable for their performance as professionals. Introducción: La muerte es un fenómeno complejo, las enfermeras en formación pueden enfrentarse al proceso de morir y muerte de personas, lo que puede generar diversas situaciones que representan sus experiencias vividas. Objetivo: Comprender la experiencia vivida ante el primer contacto con la muerte durante prácticas clínicas de estudiantes de enfermería de una universidad pública.Metodología: Estudio cualitativo con enfoque fenomenológico. Se llevó a cabo de octubre del 2020 a febrero del 2021. Selección de participantes por muestreo intencional con saturación de información con siete participantes. Recolección de datos a través de entrevista fenomenológica; los participantes emitieron su consentimiento informado. El análisis se llevó a cabo por las tres fases del método fenomenológico hermenéutico de Max Van Manen (descripción, interpretación, descripción más interpretación). Resultados: Los estudiantes refieren haber estado frente al fenómeno en un estado de impotencia, bloqueo, incertidumbre y miedo; así como afrontaron la muerte de manera profesional y reflexiva para brindar cuidado de calidad. Discusión: La muerte es un proceso natural, sin embargo, las primeras experiencias son diversas y pueden producir en los estudiantes un conjunto de emociones que condicionan su capacidad de actuar, el modo de adaptarse y observar las necesidades surgidas durante esta experiencia. Conclusión: Las experiencias de los estudiantes de enfermería demuestran que tienen dificultades para afrontar la muerte, pero no fue un impedimento para brindar los cuidados necesarios; se considera que una preparación más profunda sobre el proceso de morir puede ser favorable para su actuar como profesional.

scholarly journals Lived experience of women with gestational diabetes mellitus living in China: a qualitative interview study

BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. e017648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Ge ◽  
Kerstin Wikby ◽  
Mikael Rask
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Gestational Diabetes ◽  
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Qualitative Interview Study ◽  
To Receive

ObjectiveTo explore the lived experience of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) living in China in order to add knowledge about how the Chinese women suffer from GDM.DesignA qualitative interpretive interview study. Data were collected with a snowball sampling technique. Phenomenological hermeneutics was used as the analysis method based on Ricoeur’s phenomenological hermeneutical interpretation theory.SettingThe study was performed at the participants’ work places, or at the obstetric clinics or wards at two provincial hospitals and one municipal hospital in the southeast of China.ParticipantsInclusion criteria were age ≥18 years, diagnosis of GDM without other pregnancy complications, in 34th gestational weeks—postpartum 4th weeks and speaking Mandarin Chinese without speech impediment. 62 women, who met the inclusion criteria, took part in the study.ResultsThe lived experience of the women with GDM living in China was formulated into a main theme: ‘longing for caring care’. The main theme was derived from four themes: being stricken by GDM, wishing to receive caring GDM care, being left alone to struggle with GDM and trying to adjust and adapt to life with GDM.ConclusionThe eagerness for caring care in China was highlighted. The lack of caring care could be one of the possible reasons why the professional–patient relations were deteriorating in China. It could be useful for health providers and health policymakers to receive education and training about caring care. Using the health metaphor of balance and ‘patient participation’ and ‘patient-centred’ approaches may benefit women with GDM and thus improve the quality of care in China.

scholarly journals Assessing non-conveyed patients in the ambulance service: a phenomenological interview study with Swedish ambulance clinicians

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. e030203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob Lederman ◽  
Caroline Löfvenmark ◽  
Therese Djärv ◽  
Veronica Lindström ◽  
Carina Elmqvist
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Target Area ◽  
The Core ◽  
Organisational Support ◽  
Clinical Reality ◽  
Limited Support ◽  
Patient Assessments ◽  
Phenomenological Interview

ObjectivesTo combat overcrowding in emergency departments, ambulance clinicians (ACs) are being encouraged to make on-site assessments regarding patients’ need for conveyance to hospital, and this is creating new and challenging demands for ACs. This study aimed to describe ACs’ experiences of assessing non-conveyed patients.DesignA phenomenological interview study based on a reflective lifeworld research approach.SettingThe target area for the study was Stockholm, Sweden, which has a population of approximately 2.3 million inhabitants. In this area, 73 ambulances perform approximately just over 200 000 ambulance assignments annually, and approximately 25 000 patients are non-conveyed each year.Informants11 ACs.MethodsIn-depth open-ended interviews.ResultsACs experience uncertainty regarding the accuracy of their assessments of non-conveyed patients. In particular, they fear conducting erroneous assessments that could harm patients. Avoiding hasty decisions is important for conducting safe patient assessments. Several challenging paradoxes were identified that complicate the non-conveyance situation, namely; responsibility, education and feedback paradoxes. The core of the responsibility paradox is that the increased responsibility associated with non-conveyance assessments is not accompanied with appropriate organisational support. Thus, frustration is experienced. The education paradox involves limited and inadequate non-conveyance education. This, in combination with limited support from non-conveyance guidelines, causes the clinical reality to be perceived as challenging and problematic. Finally, the feedback paradox relates to the obstruction of professional development as a result of an absence of learning possibilities after assessments. Additionally, ACs also described loneliness during non-conveyance situations.ConclusionsThis study suggests that, for ACs, performing non-conveyance assessments means experiencing a paradoxical professional existence. Despite these aggravating paradoxes, however, complex non-conveyance assessments continue to be performed and accompanied with limited organisational support. To create more favourable circumstances and, hopefully, safer assessments, further studies that focus on these paradoxes and non-conveyance are needed.

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