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- Title
The meaning of a consultation with the diabetes nurse specialist.
- Authors
Edwall, Lise‐Lotte; Danielson, Ella; Öhrn, Ingbritt
- Abstract
The meaning of a consultation with the diabetes nurse specialist Objective: The aim of this study was to elucidate the essential meaning of a consultation between diabetes nurse specialists and patients to gain a deeper understanding of the patients’ experiences. Methods: Twenty patients with type 2 diabetes were interviewed about their experience of a consultation at an annual check-up with the diabetes nurse specialist. A phenomenological hermeneutic method was used in the analysis and interpretation of the text. Results: The patient’s experience of a consultation was interpreted as manifestation of hold on the disease control. This means a safeguard to continue daily life shown in the four themes being controlled, feeling exposed, feeling comfortable, and feeling prepared. Conclusion: The patients’ experiences of a consultation with the diabetes nurse specialist became the basis for a health maintenance process in dealing with critical health–disease aspects. Implications to practice: In a consultation, professionals have to take into account the potential emotional turbulence that disease progression can mean to a patient. Diabetes care implies patient dependence on support to avoid a potential self-management insufficiency and call attention to professionals’ time for listening to patients’ perceptions.
- Subjects
PEOPLE with diabetes; NURSE practitioners; NURSE-patient relationships; NURSING specialties; MEDICAL consultation; PHENOMENOLOGY; HERMENEUTICS; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2010, Vol 24, Issue 2, p341
- ISSN
0283-9318
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1471-6712.2009.00726.x