title: Lived experience of Korean nurses caring for patients on maintenance haemodialysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the lived experience of nurses who care for people undergoing maintenance haemodialysis.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  There is a lack of research regarding the lived experience of nurses caring for people undergoing chronic haemodialysis, in spite of an increased number of nurses and patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative descriptive phenomenological study was conducted.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourteen nurses working at two haemodialysis centres in Korea were selected via purposive sampling and participated in in-depth interviews. Data were collected from October 2013-January 2014 and analysed using the phenomenological research method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four themes were extracted for haemodialysis nurses' caring experience: feelings of pity for clients scheduled for haemodialysis treatment; continuous effort to establish good relationships with clients; feeling comfortable with clients, as though they were family or friends; and reflecting on their own lives through the lives of clients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Haemodialysis nurses experienced therapeutic relationships while taking care of clients undergoing haemodialysis; they also experienced maturation through reflection on their lives as nurses and human beings. An understanding of nurses' experiences in caring for people undergoing haemodialysis should be the basis of practice, education and nursing research in haemodialysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study could be helpful in enabling nursing students and/or nurses to understand the experience of caring and its meaning with respect to clients undergoing haemodialysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sisook
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Kyung Dong University, Wonju, Gangwondo, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyunsook Zin
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Eunhye
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Juhyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hye-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kwisoon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Choe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000451:nursing*; D056910:Republic of Korea
keywords: caring experience; haemodialysis; nurses; phenomenological research