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Abstract
Based on action research as a practitioner-involving approach, this article communicates the findings of a two-year study on implementing patient participation as an empowering learning process for both patients and rehabilitation nurses. At a rehabilitation facility for patients who have sustained spinal cord injuries, eight nurses were engaged throughout the process aiming at improving patient participation. The current practice was explored to understand possibilities and obstacles to patient participation. Observations, interviews and logbooks, creative workshops and reflective meetings led to the development and testing of four new rehabilitation initiatives aimed at enhancing patient participation. This study suggests that skills of critical reflection from action research toolbox shed light on both the notion of patient participation and caring in nursing rehabilitation. By actively involving nurses in research, the knowledge development stems from practice and the solutions therefore became practice-oriented. In addition, the personal and professional development experienced by the involved nurses points to a secondary gain in the form of an analytical and reflective approach to complex issues in relation to patient participation, rehabilitation in general and the individual nurses' sense of professional pride.
Translated title of the contribution | Empowerede sygeplejersker muliggør patientinddragelse og forandrer sygepleje i rehabilitering: Aktionsforskning som den transformative metode |
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Original language | English |
Article number | e12370 |
Journal | Nursing Inquiry |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 1 |
ISSN | 1320-7881 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2021 |
Bibliographical note
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Funding information:
The study was funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation (no. NNF15OC0017510), Regional Hospital Central Jutland and Spinal Cord Injury Centre of Western Denmark, Department of Neurology.
Keywords
- action research
- change management
- nurse roles
- organisational development
- patient participation
- rehabilitation
- rehabilitation nursing
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11. Nationale konference i Dansk Aktionsforsknings Netværk (DAN): Aktionsforskning - Tradtion og Fornyelse.
Julie Borup Jensen (Organizer)
22 Nov 2018 → 23 Nov 2018Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation