Abstract
This study described the unique relationships that develop while providing cancer care to AI populations and the underlying meaning that nurses ascribed to these experiences. Methods: This was an interpretive phenomenological study with multiple data collections and analysis. Nine cancer care nurses with a minimum of three years of experience working with AI patients participated by engaging in 2-3 exploratory, open-ended, reflective interviews over a period of nine months. Thematic reduction was completed to explicate the fundamental structures of this particular relationship. I then engaged in extensive reflective writing resulting in a linguistic transformation illuminating the essential meaning for nurses within this patientnurse phenomenon.
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Zeta Omicron
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Phenomenology
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Cancer, Patient-Nurse Relationships, American Indians
Advisor
Mary S. Koithan
Second Advisor
Anne G. Rosenfeld
Third Advisor
Michelle Kahn-John
Fourth Advisor
Leah S. Stauber
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
The University of Arizona
Degree Year
2016
Recommended Citation
Pool, Natalie M., "Humanizing the inhumane: The meaning of the American Indian patient-cancer care nurse relationship" (2021). Dissertations. 1362.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1362
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None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2021-10-20
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10247955; ProQuest document ID: 1868418990. The author still retains copyright.