The Meaning of Powerlessness in Drug Addiction Nursing : Nurses' Narratives

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  • Takarada Minori
    Osaka City University Graduate School of Nursing:Osaka City University School of Nursing

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  • 薬物依存症者への看護における無力感の意味 : 看護師の語りより
  • ヤクブツ イソンショウシャ エノ カンゴ ニ オケル ムリョクカン ノ イミ カンゴシ ノ カタリ ヨリ

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[Purpose] Describe drug addiction nursing experiences based on interviews with nurses who have experience nursing drug addicts, thereby clarifying the meaning of nursing for drug addicts. [Method] Qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews. Interview period: July-September 2003. Number of participants: 12. Questions: (1) Impressive events relating to nursing. (2) Interviewee's feelings about those events. Total interview time: 700 minutes. [Results and observations] "Unconscious symmetry" was observed between nurses' emotions and those of drug addicts. While interviewees tried to not get too involved with patients or to be defeated by patients in their nursing practice, nurses found it difficult to encourage their patients to quit using drugs. Awakened to their own limitations and sense of powerlessness, nurses began to develop collaborative dialogue-based relations with patients, while continuing to experience inner conflict. Interview results reveal that nurses' realization of their own limitations and sense of powerlessness marked a major qualitative turning in their nursing activities. These findings also suggest that drug addiction nursing is meaningful in that it helps nurses grow together with patients through the collaborative relations formed with them.

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