To meet a human being in perioperative care

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To meet a human being in perioperative care

• Marjut Nummela,
• LicNSc, RN

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Supervisors

• Katie Eriksson, Professor, PhD, RN, Åbo Akademi
  University
• Sirpa Janhonen, Professor, PhD, RN, University of
  Oulu

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Background

• Do nurses have a possibility to care patients as
  they will and can nurses see the human being
  behind the role of the patient and his operation?
  
• How can it be understood to be a human being and
  what it means in nursing science and philosophy?

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What will patients as a human being in
perioperative care?
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Patients are waiting

• Right information about their condition
• Individual information about their life situation
  and also individual advice
• There are only patients who have had experiences
  about being patients and also they know about
  being as patients and at the same time as a human
  being

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The purpose

• To deepen the understanding of the human being
  in perioperative care
• and to build a model through
• a phenomenological-hermeneutical approach.

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The research problems

• How did patients experience themselves during
  their perioperative care?
• What kind of human being is there behind the
  patient in perioperative care?
• What does it mean to be a human being as a
  patient during perioperative care?
• How can the understanding of the human being be
  deepened and interpreted through a philosophical
  perspective?

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The data collection

• Interviews of 26 patients, aged 20-68 years, 13
  female and 13 male.
• The theme areas were derived from the
  perioperative process.

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Results main topics Resultats main topic

• Human being
• Caritative care
• Knowledge information
• Individuality
• Life situation

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Circumstances between human being and patient
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The new model
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Discussion

• Elements for good caring
• Individuality and knowledge (information)
• Dimensions and qualities of human being in the
  life situation of the patient
• Caritative care
• ? Perioperative dialogue

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• Thank you for attention!