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Surgical nursing care was viewed as engaged or detached by women in hospital for hip surgery

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.1.2.63

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    Kralik D, Koch T, Wotton K. Engagement and detachment: understanding patients' experiences with nursing. J Adv Nurs 1997 Aug; 26 : 399 –407. OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Objective

    To describe patients' perceptions of the nursing care that they received after total hip replacement surgery.

    Design

    Phenomenology.

    Setting

    A large public, acute care hospital in South Australia.

    Patients

    9 women who were in hospital for a total hip replacement. 3 men who had hip surgery during the study declined to participate.

    Methods

    Over a 10 month period in 1995, the women were interviewed before surgery, after surgery, and after discharge. Data saturation occurred after multiple interviews with each of 9 participants. Each woman was asked to describe her experiences of the nursing care that she received, including what was important to her about the care she received and the way in which she felt the care had affected her. Interviews were tape recorded and then …

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    Footnotes

    • Source of funding: not stated.

    • For article reprint: D Kralik, 36 Beeston Way, West Lakes, South Australia, 5021 Australia. email Kralik{at}bigpond.com