A mission of privilege and peril : the phenomenon of community palliative nurses caring for the suffering

Pegg, BM

A mission of privilege and peril : the phenomenon of community palliative nurses caring for the suffering

Pegg, BM

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dc.contributor.author	Pegg, BM
dc.date.accessioned	2015-10-12T03:52:37Z
dc.date.available	2015-10-12T03:52:37Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/37463
dc.description	University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The experience of 12 community palliative care nurses has been investigated in a phenomenological study. The study described the phenomenon of caring for people who were suffering. The phenomenological description of the community palliative care nurses’ role uncovered the structures of meaning of what it is to care for people who suffer. Following a sequence of steps aimed at analysing, interpreting and reflecting on the nurses' description of caring for people who are suffering, it was judged that this experience could be described as an experience of privilege and peril. Five themes were drawn from the nurses’ descriptions of caring for people who suffered. These five themes refer to the nurses’ experience of caring for people who suffer as: making the journey knowing suffering, giving care, receiving, and keeping a balance. The essences of the phenomena were revealed in further reflection as Being a sojourner, Being initiated into the world of suffering, Being all that they can, Being enhanced, and Being mindful. The final hermeneutic description of the nurses’ experience of caring for people who suffered as a mission of privilege and peril is drawn from each layer of meaning.	en_US
dc.format	Thesis (PhD)	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.relation	https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/37463/7/02Whole.pdf
dc.rights	au.edu.uts.lib/ppc
dc.rights	The author owns the copyright in this thesis including all reproduction and reuse rights for the work. The work may not be altered without the permission of the copyright owner. Attribution is essential when quoting or paraphrasing from this thesis.
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	Palliative care.	en
dc.subject	Community palliative nurses.	en
dc.subject	Meaning of care for sufferers.	en
dc.subject	Mission of privilege.	en
dc.title	A mission of privilege and peril : the phenomenon of community palliative nurses caring for the suffering	en_US
dc.type	Thesis
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

Abstract:

The experience of 12 community palliative care nurses has been investigated in a phenomenological study. The study described the phenomenon of caring for people who were suffering. The phenomenological description of the community palliative care nurses’ role uncovered the structures of meaning of what it is to care for people who suffer. Following a sequence of steps aimed at analysing, interpreting and reflecting on the nurses' description of caring for people who are suffering, it was judged that this experience could be described as an experience of privilege and peril. Five themes were drawn from the nurses’ descriptions of caring for people who suffered. These five themes refer to the nurses’ experience of caring for people who suffer as: making the journey knowing suffering, giving care, receiving, and keeping a balance. The essences of the phenomena were revealed in further reflection as Being a sojourner, Being initiated into the world of suffering, Being all that they can, Being enhanced, and Being mindful. The final hermeneutic description of the nurses’ experience of caring for people who suffered as a mission of privilege and peril is drawn from each layer of meaning.

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