Browsing Sigma Theta Tau International (Sigma) by Level of Evidence "Phenomenology"
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Beyond survival: An interpretive phenomenological investigation into being the father of a very low birth weight infant
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015: This phenomenological study, based on the writings of Martin Heidegger, describes what it was like for eleven fathers of very low birth weight infants during their infants' ... -
Competence in caring for patients with opioid addiction: A phenomenological approach
There is an increasing number of hospital admissions of patients living with the disease of opioid addiction. Building competency amongst nursing students and novice nurses is one step towards increasing the quality of ... -
Describing the use of interpretive phenomenological inquiry with a Gadamerian hermeneutic lens to explore the experience of fathering a premature baby
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015: Background: Phenomenology is a perspective that helps researchers to explore and understand everyday experiences without having previous knowledge or personal insight about ... -
Developing and implementing policies for the HESI exit exam: A qualitative study
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015: Purpose: This phenomenological study will describe practices used by Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs to create and implement ... -
Dignity and the meaning of life: The life experience of spinal muscular atrophy patients
(2016-03-17)Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of patients who suffer from Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Methods: Qualitative approach was adopted by ... -
The Embodied Situations Associated With Attacks of Acute Dyspnea Symptoms in COPD Patients
This study aimed to investigate embodied situations associated with attacks of acute dyspnea symptoms in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and it was conducted by the phenomenological ... -
Experiences in clinical decision making for nursing school graduates
(2016-07-13)Purpose: The overall objective is to explore the experiences of graduates from the National School of Nursing and Obstetrics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in relation to the factors that influence ... -
Families' experiences with palliative care services of children with cancer in Lebanon
(2012-01-04)Background: the impact of childhood cancer on the family has been studied in different cultures and continues to be an object of study and concern. In Lebanon, a country of 4 million people 282 new pediatric cases age ... -
Good death as perceived by the critically ill patients' family members
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015: The qualitative research based on Heideggerian phenomenology aimed to describe good death as perceived by the critically ill patients' family members. Five informants who ... -
Growing in recovery: A service learning case study
(2017-07-21)This qualitative case study utilized heuristic phenomenology to explore the potential impact of initiating a garden at a halfway house. For the service learning project, a garden was developed by nursing students ... -
Guidelines to manage aggression and facilitate the mental health of educators in the workplace
(2013-10-22)Session presented on: Thursday, July 25, 2013: Purpose: To describe a meta-synthesis of research conducted on educators' lived experience of aggression in the workplace in South Africa and guidelines to manage aggression ... -
I want my mommy: Sibling's experience with childhood cancer
(2012-9-12)Purpose: To explore and describe the experience of healthy sibling who have brother or sister with cancer. Methods: Qualitative study using phenomenology approaches was conducted. Interview was audio taped four healthy ... -
Infusing caring for abnormal prenatal ultrasound findings
(2016-03-21)Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to provide an interpretation of qualitative research for clinical practice. The specific aim of ... -
The journey back to myself: Returning to baseline functioning post-concussion, a phenomenological study
Pilot Phenomenological study concerning the experience of returning to baseline following concussion. Thoughts and emotions of students regarding the healing process and feelings of frustration regarding lack of available ... -
Keeping nursing faculty healthy
(2016-07-13)Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016: Purpose: We are currently experiencing a worldwide shortage of nurses. Nurses are at the front line of most health care systems. A shortage of nurses will have a negative impact ... -
Listen to me: Noncaregiving adult children's needs from healthcare providers
(2017-07-25)The experience of adult children with healthy aging parents is largely ignored in the literature. This phenomenological study examined this experience and presented ways in which nurses can assist noncaregiving adults in ... -
The lived experience of critically ill patients in isolation rooms: Surviving isolation
Critically ill patients with infectious diseases have dramatically increased in prevalence over the last few years. Patients suffer physically, psychologically and socially during staying in isolation settings. This session ... -
The lived experience of DNPs returning to school in pursuit of a PhD in nursing
Unless we as nurses understand the essence of practicing DNP-prepared nurses actively pursuing the PhD in nursing, nursing will remain in the unknowing of the perspective of having clinical nurses practicing as nurse scientists. -
The lived experience of frontline nurses: COVID-19 in rural America
This phenomenological research study relates the meaning of dramatic and intense experiences of hospital nurses during the pandemic in the rural Midwest. Included are experiences of nurses on the frontlines at work, at ... -
The lived experience of full-time nursing faculty in a PhD program: Faculty-to-faculty incivility
The current study explored the experience of FTFI on full-time nursing faculty enrolled in a PhD program. A qualitative method using descriptive phenomenology guided the study.