Highlights
- •Parents in pediatric oncology experience nursing presence as ‘being’ and ‘doing’.
- •Nursing presence is essential in the formation of therapeutic nurse-patient relationships.
- •Parents of children with cancer have positive hospital experiences when nurses are present.
Abstract
Background
Nursing presence has been viewed as a valuable way to create therapeutic relationships
and has been linked to better health outcomes for patients and families. However,
whether nursing presence can be described and how parents in pediatric oncology experience
this phenomenon remains unanswered. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore
how parents of children with cancer describe and experience nursing presence.
Methods
This study used Giorgi's phenomenological approach to explore nursing presence as
experienced by parents of children with cancer. Ten participants from a pediatric
oncology clinic in Canada were interviewed. Giorgi's approach was used to analyze
these data.
Findings
Based upon participants' descriptions, a structure of nursing presence emerged which
included six constituent features: An attitude of presence, a source of encouragement,
clinical experience and expertise, therapeutic communication, family involvement,
and a sense of home away from home. Most notably, nursing presence as experienced
by parents was characterized by the ‘being’ and ‘doing’ of presence which were equally
important.
Conclusion
The experiences described by parents provided rich and nuanced insights into what
it meant to experience nursing presence in a pediatric oncology setting. This study
provides a structure for this meaning making and expounds on its constituent features,
describing what nursing presence resembles when experienced by parents of children
with cancer.
Practice implications
This study informs nursing practice, policy, and education in ways that are likely
to enhance care and the subsequent well-being of pediatric oncology patients and families.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 07, 2022
Accepted:
May 27,
2022
Received in revised form:
May 27,
2022
Received:
February 10,
2022
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