The lived experience of registered nurses providing care to patients with dementia in the acute care setting: a phenomenological study.

The phenomenon of interest for this study was the registered nurse's (RN's) lived experience of caring for patients with dementia in the acute care setting. Watson's theory of human science and human care and van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological approach were used to guide this study. The strate...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:International Journal for Human Caring Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 44 - 50
Main Authors: Byers DC, France NEM
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Springer Publishing Company, Inc. 2008
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