1. To meet a human being in perioperative care
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LicNSc, RN

2. Supervisors Katie Eriksson, Professor, PhD, RN, Åbo Akademi University
Sirpa Janhonen, Professor, PhD, RN, University of Oulu
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3. Background
Do nurses have a possibility to care patients as they will and can nurses see the human being behind the role of the patient and his operation?
How can it be understood to be a human being and what it means in nursing science and philosophy?
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4. What will patients as a human being in perioperative care?

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8. Patients are waiting Right information about their condition
Individual information about their life situation and also individual advice
There are only patients who have had experiences about being patients and also they know about being as patients and at the same time as a human being
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9. The purpose
To deepen the understanding of the human being in perioperative care
and to build a model through
a phenomenological-hermeneutical approach.
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10. The research problems
How did patients experience themselves during their perioperative care?
What kind of human being is there behind the patient in perioperative care?
What does it mean to be a human being as a patient during perioperative care?
How can the understanding of the human being be deepened and interpreted through a philosophical perspective?
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11. The data collection
Interviews of 26 patients, aged years, 13 female and 13 male.
The theme areas were derived from the perioperative process.
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12. Results – main topics Resultats – main topic
Human being
Caritative care
Knowledge – information
Individuality
Life situation
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14. Circumstances between human being and patient
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15. The new model
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16. Discussion Elements for good caring
Individuality and knowledge (information)
Dimensions and qualities of human being in the life situation of the patient
Caritative care
 Perioperative dialogue
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18. Thank you for attention!
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