Table 1 Example of the analysis process, considering person-centered encounters competence
From: Future palliative competence needs – a qualitative study of physicians’ and registered nurses’ views
Examples of quotations | Code | Sub-category | Category | Main category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
“Palliative and end-of-life care is seen as important as any other treatment.” [MD 17] “The appreciation for palliative and end-of-life care will increase.” [RN 82] “Appreciation of encounters with dying patients will be emphasized.” [MD 21] | Palliative care as equally valuable as anything else. Emphasized appreciation of encounters with palliative patients. | Respect for palliative care patients. | Respecting encounters with patients and their significant others. | PERSON-CENTERED ENCOUNTERS COMPETENCE |
“Patient encounters belong to all specialties and professional groups.” [MD 16] | Patients encounters belong to all specialties. Patients encounters belong to all professionals. | Significance in encountering palliative patients anywhere. Significance in encountering significant others. | ||
“The ability to face palliative and end-of life patients and their relatives will be increasingly emphasized”. [MD 21] “Warm presence.” [RN 19] “Interpersonal skills are important. We need time and expertise to meet each other.” [RN 11] | Ability to face palliative patients. Ability to face palliative patients’ significant others. | |||
“Everyone needs to have adequate communication skills.” [MD 43] | Adequate communication skills. | |||
“Specialist providers should still remember and be able to consider (patients’) quality of life and other issues in their work and patient education.” [MD 49] | Being able to consider the quality of life of patients. Being able to consider the quality of life in patient education. | Ensuring the quality of life of patients. Supporting psychosocial well-being. | Competence in delivering psychosocial support to patients and their significant others. | |
“Increase in the proportion of lonely patients living without a social network.” [MD 51] “People are lonely.” [RN 64] | Increase in the proportion of lonely patients. Increase in the proportion of patients without any social network. | |||
“…more attention will be paid to mental and social factors.” [RN 46] | Attention to mental factors. Attention to social factors. | |||
“Nurses will need more psychosocial support training.” [RN 50] | Psychosocial support training. Internationalization. Different nationalities. | International competence. Multicultural competence. Religious literacy. | Competence in cultural and religious sensitivity. | |
“… internationalization, different nationalities, religions.” [RN 97] “Finland is becoming more international, as well as patients.” [RN 84] | ||||
“Different cultures need increasingly to be considered in care.” [MD 35] | Different cultures. Understanding of different cultures. | |||
“Understanding and knowledge of different cultures.” [RN 84] “Multiculturalism will increase.” [RN 71] | Knowledge of different cultures. Multiculturalism. | |||
“Multiculturalism and appreciation for different religions.” [RN 15] | Appreciation of different religions. | |||
“Different beliefs.” [RN 15] “Treating existential crisis.” [MD 39] | Appreciation of different beliefs. Treating existential crisis. |