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1he perspecLlve of Lhe cllenL whaL ls Lhe

essenLlal sLrucLure of a carlng nursecllenL
lnLeracLlon?
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very llLLle research has been done Lo
subsLanLlaLe whaL consLlLuLes Lhe essenLlal
sLrucLures of a carlng nursecllenL lnLeracLlon
from Lhe perspecLlve of Lhe cllenL
8ooks arLlcles magazlnes and newspapers
proclalm Lhe lack of carlng LhaL ls evldenL ln Lhe
healLh care sysLem Loday ( Poward SLrauss
1973)
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LssenLlal sLrucLure of a carlng nursecllenL
lnLeracLlon carlng and noncarlng lnLeracLlons are
noL deflned by Lhe researcher buL by Lhe cllenL ln
hls verbal descrlpLlons
nurse a reglsLered nurse or lL ls a person who
Lhe cllenL has ldenLlfled as belng a member of
Lhe nurse caLegory
CllenL anyone over Lhe age of 18 who has had a
prlor lnLeracLlon wlLh nurse and was noL
hosplLallzed aL Lhe Llme of Lhe lnLervlew
lnLeracLlon any muLual or reclprocal acLlon or
lnfluence beLween Lhe cllenL and Lhe nurse
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nursecllenL anyone over Lhe age of 18 who has
had a prlor lnLeracLlon wlLh nurse and was noL
hosplLallzed aL Lhe Llme of Lhe lnLervlew and was
noL personally known Lo Lhe researcher prlor Lo
Lhe lnLervlew
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1he sub[ecLs were approached and asked lf Lhey
would llke Lo parLlclpaLe ln a research pro[ecL
lnvolvlng Lhe Lape recordlng of Lhelr descrlpLlon
of a carlng and a noncarlng lnLeracLlon wlLh a
reglsLered nurse
WrlLLen consenL was obLalned and a second
slgnaLure was recorded on Lhe permlslon form Lo
Lape Lhe descrlpLlon
CllenLs were lnformed LhaL Lhey dld noL have Lo
compleLe Lhe recordlng and could sLop aL any
polnL
A descrlpLlon of Lhe lnLeracLlon was recorded
1he lengLh of lnLervlews varled from 20 Lo 30
mlnuLes
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1he slgnlflcanL sLaLemenLs exLracLed from Lhe
LranscrlpLlon became Lhe raw daLa for analysls
As Lhe slgnlflcanL sLaLemenLs were belng
exLracLed from Lhe orlglnal LranscrlpLlon lL
became apparenL LhaL lL would be of value Lo
make separaLe llsL for male and female cllenLs
AfLer exLracLlon of all slgnlflcanL sLaLemenLs from
all Len LranscrlpLlons was compleLe dupllcaLe
sLaLemenLs were ellmlnaLed
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Meanlngs were formulaLed from slgnlflcanLs
sLaLemenLs
1he aggregaLe of formulaLed meanlngs was
organlzed lnLo clusLers of Lhemes
An exhausLlve descrlpLlon of Lhe phenomenon
was produced by Lhe lnLegraLlon of Lhe resulLs of
Lhe analysls
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Concluslons of Lhls phenomenologlcal sLudy ls
noL only whaL Lhe nurse does ln Lhe way of
physlcal acLs of asslsLance buL whaL Lhe nurse ls
1hese flndlngs have lmpllcaLlons ln Lhe areas of
nurslng educaLlon
nurslng pracLlce
nurslng research
8ulldlng and LesLlng nurslng Lheory