title: [Feelings of powerlessness facing pain. A qualitative study of feelings of powerlessness in district nurses caring for cancer patients in pain].
abstract: This paper is concerned with a qualitative study about feelings of powerlessness of community nurses involved in caring for cancer patients suffering pain. From semi-structured interviews the following causes of feelings of powerlessness appeared: discommunication with patients and the general practitioner, dilemmas concerning physical care and opiates and a discrepancy between pain management goals and reality. Main strategies for reducing feelings of powerlessness were: sharing feelings with the patient and colleagues, increasing knowledge and skills and standing back from the situation.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Schepper
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Francke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huijer-Abu Saad
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D006380:Helplessness, Learned; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011637:Public Health Nursing
vernacular_title: Onmachtsgevoelens bij pijn. Een kwalitatief onderzoek naar onmachtsgevoelens van wijkverpleegkundigen in de zorg voor kankerpatiënten met pijn.