Caring in Ambulance Encounters With Older Patients With Complex Care Needs: A Phenomenographic Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although caring is a core concept in nursing, its meaning is not uniform, and perceptions may vary across care settings. In ambulance care, encounters with older patients with complex care needs present challenges that may shape how caring is understood and practiced. Guided by a lifeworld-led caring perspective, this study explores how caring is perceived and enacted in this specific clinical context.

Aim

This study aims to describe variations in nurses' perceptions of caring in ambulance encounters with older patients with complex care needs.

Methods

This qualitative study employed a phenomenographic approach to identify variations in nurses' perceptions of caring in ambulance encounters with older patients with complex needs. Semi-structured interviews w

SUBMITTER: Hedqvist AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12757976 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature