Cancer patients' perceptions of nursing: Expectations & realities, a phenomenological study.

Determining the perception and expectations of cancer patients will inform nurses' understanding of how to conduct nursing care to meet patients' needs. Studies have mainly used quantitative methods to understand nursing image from the perspective of the public and the profession, and there are no recent studies to date on nursing image from the perspective of cancer patients. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore cancer patients' experiences and perceptions of nursing within the conceptual framework of Watson's Human Care Theory. In total, 19 phenomenological semi-structured interviews were conducted with cancer patients between November 2022 and January 2023. Data were analyzed using Assarroudi et al.'s content analysis. Three themes emerged from the phenomenological analysis of the interviews: (1) nursing image, (2) expectations, and (3) realities. Patients stated that nurses act as assistants and that health services cannot be provided without them. Under the main theme of 'expectations,' five subthemes emerged: psychosocial care, physical care, ethics, individual characteristics, and no expectations, while the theme of 'realities' contained two subthemes: (1) satisfaction with nurse behaviors, and (2) dissatisfaction with nurse behaviors. Our study provides important insight for nurses working with cancer patients in the management of patient care and treatment. Empowering cancer nurses will increase patient care satisfaction. We recommend the implementation of programs designed to support nurses and improve nursing communication skills. We also recommend that the technical and psychosocial aspects of nursing care should be considered as a whole.

Pehlivan Sarıbudak T ，Üstün B 《-》

Patients' perceptions of their experiences with nurse-patient communication in oncology settings: A focused ethnographic study.

Chan EA ，Wong F ，Cheung MY ，Lam W ... -  《PLoS One》

Oncology patients' and nurses' perceptions of caring.

Poirier P ，Sossong A 《-》

Nurses' perspectives on their communication with patients in busy oncology wards: A qualitative study.

Chan EA ，Tsang PL ，Ching SSY ，Wong FY ，Lam W ... -  《PLoS One》

Psychosocial care from the perspective of nurses working in oncology: A qualitative study.

In cancer patients, unmet psychosocial needs are a common occurrence. The purpose of this study was to determine the views, obstacles, and needs of the nurses working with adult oncology patients with regards to psychosocial care. A qualitative descriptive research design conducted through focus group interviews was adopted for the study. Thirty nurses providing care for cancer patients in adult oncology departments of three hospitals in Turkey with comprehensive oncology centers were involved in the interviews. The interviews were conducted via a semi-structured interview form. In analyzing the data, content analysis technique was utilized. In the study, three main themes and seven sub-themes were determined. These were as follows: "Challenge" (Sub-themes: The nature of the disease: A thin line between life and death; Lack of team/institutional support; Lack of time, staff, and knowledge; Vulnerability of the patient and their family), "reward and cost" (Sub-themes: Satisfaction; Personal growth; Exhaustion), and "essential but hard to define". This study reveal that nurses have difficulty delivering psychosocial care, which they perceive in abstract terms, in an environment where the disease is still considered fatal, the conditions of the patients change constantly, and they cannot receive the necessary support. It can be important that, as well as supportive institutional regulations, the nurses are in need of necessary assistance to help them change their own perceptions on cancer, to become emotionally stronger, and to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to give psychosocial care.

Güner P ，Hiçdurmaz D ，Kocaman Yıldırım N ，İnci F ... -  《-》