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cultural background. Meeting patient need Challenges in holistic nursing 1, 2, 6, 8 Technology is growing fast it is creating a challenge for nurses and nursing body to keep pace with the fast growing trend to insure the continued delivery of high quality and effective patient oriented care Education 4, 5 Our beliefs may affect us as a nurse to fully give care to our best if believing the receiver’s belief is different from the care giver. Religion Belief 28 | P a g e 5.4 Reliability and Validity According to Long and Johnson, when conducting a research work reliability and validity should be taking into consideration when seeking the originality or genuinely of a research work since both are very important principle in qualitative research (Long and Johnson, 2000). Reliability in this research work refers that this research work can be perform under the same criteria and the result of study would be the same while the authors refers validity of the research measures contemplate to seek answer the research question. 5.5 Ethical Considerations Ethics is simple terms means doing what is right and avoiding doing wrong. When it comes to research it means that the researcher has a moral obligation to protect the participants in the research from harm, invasion into their privacy, promoting their wellbeing and obtaining consent for the study. Harm in research ethics means preventing psychological stress, pain or death or anything that causes embarrassment or humiliation to the participants. Participants of the study should be fully informed about the purpose of the study, method to be used, requirements of the study and the risks involved. This can be achieved by obtaining a consent from the participants. At all times it is important to maintain the privacy of the participants. In this study no interviews were conducted therefore the research did not harm anybody directly. (Moule & Goodman, 2009) Deception in research is also an ethical consideration which should be taken into account. Deception is the intentional misrepresentation of facts related to the purpose of study. This could be brought about by lack of enough data, time or finance. This would lead to the researcher simulating an incident which is unethical. Qualitative research focuses on not interfering with original done studies in other words the natural setting under studies. (Denzin & Linclon, 2005) 29 | P a g e Integrity is also taken into consideration where the researcher honestly does the research. Lack of integrity in research whether it is unintentional weakens the study which could lead to invalidation of the study. Researchers are obligated to respect source material and not to plagiarize it. Plagiarism is a situations where a research or report does not show significant differences from what has been published before. This could be possible in data which has only been changed slightly. (Denzin & Linclon, 2005) Plagiarism has been avoided by marking correctly references according to Arcada University of Applied Sciences thesis/report writing guidelines. Articles have been obtained from trusted web databases. Findings presented are from the selected articles. 6 FINDINGS In this chapter, the author will be presenting the results found from selected articles. 6.1 Findings for research question 1 Attitude and Knowledge A professional attitude involves recognizing a person as a whole and not fragments of a person with a disease. Factual knowledge is acquired through special training and long professional experience. Knowledge is also about feelings and social competence. Holistic view is a strong motivator and it is a facilitator. The way in which primary care is organized can either be a barrier or a facilitator and could influence a holistic approach. For example offering nurses the opportunity to do house calls would facilitate a holistic view which is essential. In preventive work and palliative care, a holistic view was stated to be specifically important. The assessment of patients and relatives needs and possibilities at home was important when planning a rehabilitation programme based on individual needs. In article (11) the nurses stated that they needed to know what social life, emotional needs, hobbies or work patients and relatives had before the disease and 30 | P a g e could develop afterwards to diagnose, intervene and delegate and evaluate any problem and develop their role. Consultations and communication with patients were seen as important tools. (11, 13, 21). The articles also highlighted the importance of nurses receiving proper education in order to offer holistic care. The content of educational programs, the teaching method and the educator competence was highlighted. Motivational factors for example personal traits, personal experience of hospitalization and input sources. Personal traits for example sensitivity sociability would help nurses in providing holistic care. (21) Holism is the philosophy of understanding people by addressing factors that affect people in all situations. The goal of a holistic nursing is to help patients integrate self-care into their lives. By providing holistic care nurses can for example help surgical patients experience fewer complications and reach discharge more quickly. Holistic nurse can use music, guided imagery, therapeutic therapy, touch therapy and communication skills. The articles highlight that successful surgery for the
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