Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this Bachelor’s thesis was to search for nursing ways to inspire hope in acute care patients. There was an abundance of general material found on the theme of hope, but research articles specifically on hope inspiration and hope maintenance in acute care were limited, especially from the nursing point of view. This theme of hope is in itself a fluctuating value throughout one’s lifespan, and so it has been difficult to measure. And lastly, finding evidence based research results for hope promotion was challenging. The theoretical starting points for this literature review were the abstract concept of hope, and the concept of hope in critical care nursing. \n \nThe results showed that nursing attitudes can inspire and/or maintain hope levels in pa-tients both positively and negatively. In nursing, communication between nurses, healthcare professionals and patients is important. Nurses’ and other healthcare profes-sionals’ support given to patients in maintaining normal life inspire and/or maintain hope. \n \nConclusions suggest that hope is a fluctuating value throughout a person’s life. Nurses have the ability to steer the direction of hope in a patient’s life, and patients who em-brace hope heal better. Some development suggestions for further research studies are to study hope levels and fluctuations in all age levels, hope inspiration in healthcare per-sonnel, hope promotion in education, and hope promotion for the disabled.
Source: Theseus (Ammattikorkeakoulujen)
Author: Birgit Forsberg
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1831819256