TY - JOUR
T1 - Group dream work
T2 - a holistic resource for oncology nurses.
AU - Cohen, Marlene Zichi
AU - Bumbaugh, Mickey
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To explore dream work as a possible means for nurses to increase self-understanding and problem solving in personal and professional life. DESIGN: Hermeneutic phenomenologic, descriptive, and interpretive. SETTING: A comprehensive cancer center in the southern United States. SAMPLE: Six nurses with a mean age of 40 and 1-10 years of oncology nursing experience. METHODS: Interviews, guided by descriptive and interpretive phenomenology, were conducted with nurses before and one and six months after they participated in eight weekly sessions of a group focused on dream work. Phenomenologic analysis was done on verbatim transcriptions of all interviews. FINDINGS: Nurses found value in participating in dream groups, including having more open discussions about feelings and death, managing difficult situations, and attending to patients in the present. CONCLUSIONS: The value of learning to attend to dreams may be subtle but has value to nurses. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Incorporating dream work is one holistic intervention that may be useful to improve job satisfaction, communication, and relationships in this time of nursing shortage.
AB - PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To explore dream work as a possible means for nurses to increase self-understanding and problem solving in personal and professional life. DESIGN: Hermeneutic phenomenologic, descriptive, and interpretive. SETTING: A comprehensive cancer center in the southern United States. SAMPLE: Six nurses with a mean age of 40 and 1-10 years of oncology nursing experience. METHODS: Interviews, guided by descriptive and interpretive phenomenology, were conducted with nurses before and one and six months after they participated in eight weekly sessions of a group focused on dream work. Phenomenologic analysis was done on verbatim transcriptions of all interviews. FINDINGS: Nurses found value in participating in dream groups, including having more open discussions about feelings and death, managing difficult situations, and attending to patients in the present. CONCLUSIONS: The value of learning to attend to dreams may be subtle but has value to nurses. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Incorporating dream work is one holistic intervention that may be useful to improve job satisfaction, communication, and relationships in this time of nursing shortage.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 15252436
AN - SCOPUS:16644372630
VL - 31
SP - 817
EP - 824
JO - Oncology Nursing Forum
JF - Oncology Nursing Forum
SN - 0190-535X
IS - 4
ER -