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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | e12239 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-11 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Nursing Inquiry |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 22 May 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2018 |
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A qualitative investigation of hospital visitors’ experiences using the analytic lens of liminality : Informing nursing practice and policy. / Underwood, Janet; Rhodes, Christine.
In: Nursing Inquiry, Vol. 25, No. 3, e12239, 07.2018, p. 1-11.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - A qualitative investigation of hospital visitors’ experiences using the analytic lens of liminality
T2 - Informing nursing practice and policy
AU - Underwood, Janet
AU - Rhodes, Christine
PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - This research aimed to inform nursing practice and policy by identifying satisfying and problematic experiences of hospital visitors during the hospitalisation episode of a significant other. An extensive contextual review revealed that healthcare systems in advanced economies face multiple pressures and that in England, the government leaves the determination of hospital visiting rules to individual trusts. The analytic lens of liminality provides rich interpretations of visitors’ accounts and demonstrates the importance to visitors of structure (hospital rules and systems) and communitas (social bonding among liminal personae). Supportive hospital structures reduce the challenges of liminality and increase satisfaction. The data further suggest an extension to current understandings of liminality. Strong structure and successful communitas permit a safe exit from liminality after the hospitalisation episode for visitors with a close emotional bond with the patient.
AB - This research aimed to inform nursing practice and policy by identifying satisfying and problematic experiences of hospital visitors during the hospitalisation episode of a significant other. An extensive contextual review revealed that healthcare systems in advanced economies face multiple pressures and that in England, the government leaves the determination of hospital visiting rules to individual trusts. The analytic lens of liminality provides rich interpretations of visitors’ accounts and demonstrates the importance to visitors of structure (hospital rules and systems) and communitas (social bonding among liminal personae). Supportive hospital structures reduce the challenges of liminality and increase satisfaction. The data further suggest an extension to current understandings of liminality. Strong structure and successful communitas permit a safe exit from liminality after the hospitalisation episode for visitors with a close emotional bond with the patient.
KW - Communitas
KW - Hospital policy
KW - Hospital visitors
KW - Liminality
KW - Nursing practice
KW - Structure
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U2 - 10.1111/nin.12239
DO - 10.1111/nin.12239
M3 - Article
VL - 25
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Nursing Inquiry
JF - Nursing Inquiry
SN - 1320-7881
IS - 3
M1 - e12239
ER -