Table 1 Example of the analysis process regarding one theme
Quote (example) | Code | Subcategory | Category | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nurse: ‘Do you feel like eating?’ | Asks wishes/opinion food/drink | Asks preferences and wishes | Asking patient’s opinion | Focusing on patient’s perspective |
Nurse: ‘Would you like to sit on the bedside for breakfast?’ | Asks wishes/opinion ADL/mobilizing | |||
Nurse: ‘What makes you so nauseous? Was it the Naproxen?’ | Asks wishes/opinion medication | |||
Nurse: ‘Do you want to see the wound?’ | Asks wishes/opinion care (involvement) | |||
Nurse: ‘Do I first have to flush the infusion? | Asks how action is done | Asks knowledge of (planned) care | ||
Nurse: ‘Do you want your blood sugar tested now?’- Patient: ‘It may also be done later during dialysis.’- Nurse: ‘When do they normally test?’ | Asks for agreements made | |||
Nurse: ‘Do you want to have the Fraxiparine in the leg or in the abdomen?’ | Offers a choice | Make a proposal or give a choice | ||
Nurse: ‘Hello, is it okay if I help you wash yourself now?’ | Offers help | |||
Nurse: ‘Today 2600 cc fluid removal. What do you think of that?’ | Makes a proposal | |||
Nurse: ‘Hi, I want to give you the Fraxiparine.’- Patient: ‘That’s okay.’ | Names what he/she will do | Asks permission | ||
Nurse: ‘Hi, can I flush the tube?’ | Asks permission to do something | |||
Patient: ‘I understood that I had to stop taking that one pill 7 days before the operation, but I got it this morning’. Nurse: ‘How nice of you to bring this up. Thanks for thinking along’. | Express appreciation for patient’s help or initiative | Accept patient’s initiative | Acknowledge patient’s initiative | |
Patient: ‘My husband and son are coming soon, they want to take me in the wheelchair, so that I can get away for a while’. Nurse: ‘Okay’. | Confirm patient’s suggestion | |||
Patient: ‘Well, I prefer it (medication) in the evening, because otherwise I get so restless.’ Nurse: ‘Oh, that is good to know, I’ll have it changed. | Honor patient’s proposal or choice | |||
Nurse: ‘Today 2200 cc fluid removal.’- Patient: ‘Yes that’s fine, more is also okay. I will note 30 minutes in advance if I get cramps.’- Nurse: ‘But your blood pressure is low.’- Patient: Oh, then rather don’t do it, no.’- Nurse: ‘I will set it to 2200 cc.’- Patient: ‘That is okay.’ | Offers a choice | Discuss patient’s initiative |