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The Lived Experience of Pediatric Nurse-caregiver Relationship in the PICU: a Descriptive Phenomenological Study

NCT ID: NCT06171672

Last Updated: 2023-12-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-02-13

Study Completion Date

2024-12-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this qualitative study is to make exploration in the lived experience of pediatric nurse-caregiver relationship in the PICU. The main question it aims to answer is:

• What is the meaning of nurse-caregiver relationship among pediatric intensive care nurses in Hong Kong

Participants will be invited to undergo individual, in-depth, semi-structured interviews.

Detailed Description

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Pediatric intensive care nurses care not only for critically ill children but also for their caregivers. Under unfamiliar and critical situations, caregivers demand nursing care to ease their negative emotions and to cope. Pediatric intensive care nurse is the bridge to connect the healthcare team to the caregivers in the pediatric intensive care units (PICU). Previous literature discussed the relationship between nurses and family caregivers as therapeutic and meaningful, which consisted of elements like mutual respect, empathy, support, and more. Nurses' and family caregivers' roles shifted and changed in different times and settings. However, the relationship between the two had not been acknowledged in the PICU context. A review of the literature showed that the interaction between the pediatric intensive care nurse and the family caregivers involved six elements. Consequently, a conceptual framework was developed which may help represent the essence of the nurse-caregiver relationship.

This study aims to explore the lived experience as to the meaning of nurse-caregiver relationship among pediatric intensive care nurses in Hong Kong. Descriptive phenomenological approach will be adopted to gain an accurate and unbiased description of the lived experience. An estimated ten pediatric intensive care nurses in Hong Kong will be invited to undergo individual, in-depth, semi-structured interviews. Hence to obtain pediatric intensive care nurses' detailed information so as to reveal the essence of Nurse-Caregiver Relationship in PICU.

Data will be analyzed using Colaizzi's seven-step strategy as it aligns with the study aim and is able to obtain the meaning of experience. This qualitative study may disclose the nurse-caregiver relationship and the complex nursing relationship role in the context of PICU in Hong Kong and allow clinical reasoning to improve FCC via understanding pediatric intensive care nurses' experience.

Conditions

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Intensive Care Units, Pediatric

Keywords

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Nurse experience PICU Semi structured interview

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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semi-structured interview for nurses

Pediatric intensive care nurses in Hong Kong will be invited to join an individual in-depth semi structured interview.

Semi-structured interview

Intervention Type OTHER

Pediatric intensive care nurses in Hong Kong will be invited to join an individual in-depth semi structured interview.

Interventions

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Semi-structured interview

Pediatric intensive care nurses in Hong Kong will be invited to join an individual in-depth semi structured interview.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* any full-time registered nurse in any hospital in Hong Kong
* interacted with the caregivers of NICU/PICU patients in the last 12 months
* with at least 12 months' experience in NICU/PICU
* able to speak in Cantonese and read Chinese
* being willing to articulate their feelings and experiences

Exclusion Criteria

* Part-time registered nurses
* student nurses
* enrolled nurses
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Katherine Lam

Hong Kong, Hong Kong,China, Hong Kong

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Hong Kong

Central Contacts

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Ka Wai Katherine Lam, Phd

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 27666420

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Katherine Lam, Phd

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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Lived experience_PICU

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id