| 英文摘要 |
The purpose of this study was to explore the spiritual essence of nurses in the intensive care unit (ICU) by phenomenological method. Using a semi-structured interview guide, data were collection from 11 ICU nurses. Study participants were all female with an average age of 35 years old. The majority was unmarried, college graduated, Taoistism. The average nursing experience and ICU experience was 15 and 12 years, respectively. Spiritual essence of ICU nurses included four spindles, spiritual definition of nurses; nurses’ own value-beliefs and life-goals with four themes as egoistic and altruism for survival, frustration and troubles for window, unusually in the ordinary, work mission for value; nurses’ interact with others consisting of three themes as relatives and friends love each other for comfort, nurse-patient relationship for mutual praise, colleague friendship for caring; nurses’ link with the highest including two themes as divination for dissolving of doubts and custom ceremony for peace. According to the above research results, it is hoped that a set of caring plan for spirituality of ICU nurses can be developed in the future. |
