A cross-cultural concept analysis of healing in nursing: a hybrid model

BMC Nursing

Research

Shahzad Pashaeypoor¹  Habib Shareinia²  AkramSadat SadatHoseini³  MohammadMehdi Mohammadi⁴ 

[1] Department of Community Health and Geriatric Nursing, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing and Basic Sciences, School of Nursing & Midwifery, PhD Candidate of Nursing, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Department of Pediatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;

关键词: Concept analysis;    Healing;    Nursing;    Culture;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12912-023-01404-8

 received in 2022-12-07, accepted in 2023-07-19,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAs a familiar yet abstract and vague concept for nurses, healing is affected by the cultural needs of different communities. The concept of healing is nowadays recommended in nursing theories, and its clarification can develop healing-based nursing care. The present study was conducted to objectify and clarify the concept of healing in nursing care.MethodsThe present research employed a hybrid concept analysis model developed by Schwartz-Barcott and Kim. The conceptual analysis model of Walker & Avant was used in the theoretical phase, i.e., literature review, where relevant articles in PubMed, ISI, Google Scholar, Scopus, SID and Magiran were reviewed irrespective of publication time. Unstructured interviews were conducted with ten participants in the field data collection phase. A final analysis was performed by combining the two phases.ResultsThe theoretical phase identified healing characteristics such as balancing and hope-making originated from mental and spiritual states. Analyzing the data in the fieldwork stage extracted five main themes, i.e. “comprehensive psychophysical health”, “cure, a small part of healing”, “healing, a spiritual recovery”, “an individual’s own role in healing” and “healing, an unexpected event”. During the patient care process, nurses can help patients heal by establishing appropriate communication and comprehensive understanding of the patients by designing and implementing appropriate interventions and integrating healing strategies into their comprehensive care measures.ConclusionsThe concept of healing in nursing care is a general and complex process, and different people can interpret it differently on their road to health. Properly understanding the concept of healing enables nurses to assist patients in achieving health and healing through proper communication, holistic care, empowering patients to perform self-care and providing spiritual care.

【 授权许可】

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