title: Exploring the lived experience of waiting for persons in long-term care.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe the meaning of waiting for persons who reside in long-term care settings. Parse's theory of human becoming provided the nursing perspective and a qualitative descriptive-exploratory design was used. The 45 participants were residents in three different long-term care facilities affiliated with a university. Data were gathered through interviews. Three emergent themes formed the following unified description: The experience of waiting is intensifying ire while diversionary immersions reprieve amid unfolding becalming endurance. The themes are discussed in relation to participants' descriptions, the human becoming theory, and related literature. Recommendations for practice and further research are presented.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3.
authors.forename: Gail J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: F Beryl
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Pilkington
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jonas-Simpson
authors.forename: Fran
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aiken
authors.forename: M Gail
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lyon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D014850:Waiting Lists