Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effects of Educational Intervention to Strengthen Humanistic Practice Among Hemodialysis Nurses in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland: A Pilot Study

Delmas, Philippe; O’Reilly, Louise; Iglesias, Katia; Cara, Chantal; Burnier, Michel

doi:10.20467

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effects of Educational Intervention to Strengthen Humanistic Practice Among Hemodialysis Nurses in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland: A Pilot Study

Author(s)

Delmas, Philippe

O’Reilly, Louise

Iglesias, Katia

Chaire d'études transnationales

Cara, Chantal

Burnier, Michel

Date issued

2016

In

International Journal for Human Caring, International Association for Human Caring, 2016/20/1/31-43

Subjects

Watson's theory human caring educational intervention humanistic practice hemodialysis nurses patients

Abstract

A mixed-design pilot study was undertaken to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of an educational intervention based on the theory of human caring delivered to hemodialysis (HD) nurses in Switzerland. Participants were 9 nurses and 22 patients undergoing HD. Results showed that the proposed intervention had a high level of feasibility and acceptability. Following the intervention, participating nurses consolidated their caring attitudes/behaviours toward patients undergoing HD. The patients, for their part, perceived significant changes in the nurses' caring attitudes/behaviours following the intervention. Further research is needed to examine its effects on a larger population of nurses and patients.