Experiences on Home Visiting Nursing Service among the Elderly in Community.
- Author:
So Young MIN
;
Sook Kyoung PARK
;
Jeong Mo PARK
;
Suk Jeong LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Home nursing care;
Life experience;
Qualitative research
- MeSH:
Aged*;
House Calls*;
Humans;
Life Change Events;
Nursing Services*;
Qualitative Research;
Students, Nursing
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
2005;16(4):437-445
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to understand the meaning of experiences in home visiting nursing service among the elderly in community provided by nursing students. METHOD: This is a phenomenological study to investigate the experience of community-based patients. Data were collected through in-depth interviews from the 4th of March to the 15th of December 2003. Individual interviews were conducted with 8 patients on subjective experiences. Data were analyzed through Colaizzi's method, in which meaningful statements were extracted. RESULT: Four categories were identified from nine theme clusters. The four categories were 'thankfulness', 'dependence', 'sorrowfulness' and 'the sense of being'. CONCLUSION: These results show the importance of visiting nursing service for the elderly in community.
