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ArticleJournal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association2021

Altruism and the Difficult Patient.

Sylvia Kubsch, Brenda Tyczkowski, Cheryl Passel

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Article in Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sylvia Kubsch
Brenda TyczkowskiUniversity of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Cheryl PasselMarian University.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFor some nurses, providing altruistic care to difficult patients is a challenge, leading to the use of negative coping strategies such as anger or avoidance, leaving the nurse frustrated and patients feeling rejected. Yet other nurses can deal positively with difficult patients. PURPOSE: To study how the stress of caring for difficult patients affects the level of altruism and use of negative coping strategies in their care and to find out what positive coping strategies and interventions could be used. DESIGN/

methodA mixed-methods design was used. A survey tested the level of altruism, the use of negative coping strategies, and several demographics. Thematic analysis examined narratives generated by participants to three questions regarding how to provide altruistic care to difficult patients.

findingsA purposive sample of 67 registered nurses (RNs) participated. The average level of altruism used by RNs with difficult patients was 99.7/120 points. An inverse relationship was found between the level of altruism and use of negative coping strategies (

conclusionsThis study provides insight into the experiences of RNs caring for difficult patients and how to ensure altruistic caring.

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AltruismResilience, PsychologicalAdaptation, PsychologicalHumansaltruismbearing witnesscopingdifficult-patientWatson

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PMID32552346

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