Gudrun Rudolfsson

A pathway towards reconciliation and wellbeing : A spouse's experiences of living with a partner diagnosed with early-onset dementia

When someone falls ill with dementia it affects the whole family. Therefore, the aim of thisqualitative single case study was to increase...

A source of strength - nurses’ perspective of the perioperative dialogue.

Being altered by the unexpected : Understanding the perioperative patient's experience

The present paper focuses on the process of understanding the patient in the context of perioperative caring and reports a story narrated by a...

Den perioperativa dialogen : en gemensam värld

Den perioperativa dialogen : en möjlighet till hälsa och välbefinnande

Evidens i det perioperativa vårdandet : att se och synliggöra det som är vårdandets sak.

Experiences of Spirituality and Spiritual Values in the Context of Nursing : An Integrative Review

Spirituality is often mistakenly equated with religion but is in fact a far broader concept. The aim of this integrative review was to describe...

Feeling rejected or invited : Experiences of persons seeking care advice at the Swedish Healthcare Direct organization

Aim Swedish Healthcare Direct is an organization staffed by registered nurses who act as telenurses and assess callers’ need for care, taking both...

Förståelse av sjukdom

Förståelse som fenomen

Growing as a Human Being€” : Obese Adolescents' Experiences of the Changing Body

The aim of the presented study was to describe how obese adolescents experience themselves and their bodies and how their views changed as a result...

I am quitting my job : Specialist nurses in perioperative context and their experiences of the process and reasons to quit their job

The lack of specialist nurses in operating theatres is a serious problem. The aim of this study was to describe reasons why specialist nurses in...

I Stay : Swedish Specialist Nurses in the Perioperative Context and Their Reasons to Stay at Their Workplace

Purpose To investigate why nurse anesthetists and operating room nurses choose to stay in the same workplace. Design Qualitative design. Methods...

Interacting with parents in Sweden who hesitate or refrain from vaccinating their child

The purpose of this study was to explore nurses' experiences of encountering parents who are hesitant about or refrain from vaccinating their child...

International Nursing : Caring in Nursing Leadership : A Meta-ethnography From the Nurse Leader's Perspective.

To explore and derive new conceptual understanding of nurse leaders' experiences and perceptions of caring in nursing. RESEARCH QUESTION: What is...

Learning to fly with broken wings - forcing a reappraisal of time and space.

BACKGROUND: When living with a chronic disease, the whole human being is affected and his/her experience of health challenged. AIM: This study had ...

Managerial challenges faced by Swedish nurse managers in perioperative settings : a qualitative study

BACKGROUND: Nurse managers need to create cultures that are worthy, not only of the commitment of everyone who comes to work but also of the trust ...

Meanings of suffering from the perspective of nurse leaders

Meanings of suffering from the perspective of nurse leaders. Background: Nursing leadership has previously been investigated by several researchers...

Nurse managers in perioperative settings and their reasons for remaining in their jobs : A qualitative study

AIM: The study describes what helps nurse managers maintain the strength to keep going as leaders. BACKGROUND: Good leadership is important for the...

Nurses perspective of the perioperative dialogue

Aim To describe nurse anaesthetists and theatre nurses experiences of working with the perioperative dialogue. Background A new way of working in t...

Nursing students’ attendance at learning activities in relation to attainment and passing courses : a prospective quantitative study

Background Students' motivation and ways of engaging in their schoolwork are important for their performance, including passing exams. Attendance a...

Nursing students' perspectives on the patient and the impact of the nursing culture : a meta-synthesis

Aim To explore and interpret how nursing students develop their understanding of the patient as a human being. Background Understanding the patient...

Patients' and nurses' experiences of the perioperative dialogue : two grounded theory studies

Patients' Variations of Reflection About and Understanding of Long-term Illness : Impact of Illness Perception on Trust in Oneself or Others

Background: Patients' understanding of their illness is of great importance for recovery. Lacking understanding of the illness is linked with the...

Reaching a tipping point : perioperative nurse managers' narratives about reasons for leaving their employment - a qualitative study.

AIM: To describe reasons why nurse managers in perioperative settings decide to leave their employment. BACKGROUND: Current literature has shown th...

Sjuksköterskans arbete med att stödja personens förståelse

Strategies for healthcare professionals to facilitate patient illness understanding.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To describe how healthcare professionals facilitate patient illness understanding. BACKGROUND: Healthcare professionals and...

Suffering and suffering with the other : the perspective of perioperative nurse leaders

Aim To capture and interpret meanings of suffering from the perspective of perioperative nurse leaders.Background There are few studies focusing on...

Tactile massage as a nursing intervention in child and adolescent psychiatry : nurses' experiences

WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE SUBJECT?: There is little research on the implementation of tactile massage in child and adolescent psychiatry that describ...

The common world : a model of the perioperative dialogue, its ethos and characteristic structural caring principles

The purpose for this paper was to explore, on the basis of a previous research program, the foundations of caring associated with the ethos in the...

The common world : the responsibility of the face - "here I am"

Background. This research was based on previous qualitative research consisting of five sub studies, in which a hermeneutic approach was employed t...

The development of caring in the perioperative culture : Nurse leaders' perspective on the struggle to retain sight of the patient

This article focuses on Swedish nurse leaders and is aimed at achieving a more complete and differentiated understanding of what constitutes caring...

The expression of caring within the perioperative dialogue : a hermeneutic study

The meaning of person-centred care in the perioperative nursing context from the patient's perspective : an integrative review

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To determine the meaning of person-centred care from the patient's perspective and in the context of perioperative nursing....

The nurse has time for me : the perioperative dialogue from the perspective of patients

AIM: The aim of this study was to describe patients' experience of the perioperative dialogue. METHOD: Semi-structured interviews were carried out...

The perioperative dialogue : coherence in a continuous whole

The traditional way of working in Swedish perioperative care, from the nurse anaesthetist’ and theatre nurse’s perspective, means that they will me...

The perioperative dialogue : holistic nursing in practice

This article is a synthesis of 2 qualitative studies focusing on patients', anesthetists', and operating-room nurses' experiences of the...

To Attend or Not : The Reasoning Behind Nursing Students' Attendance at Lectures : A Qualitative Study

There is a rising tendency for students in higher education not to attend lectures. Therefore, the aim of the study was to describe the reasoning...

What constitutes caring in the perioperative culture from the perspective of nurse leaders?