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Katherine Cowen Rosa¹

¹Department of Nursing, School of Health and Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA 01854, USA. katherine_rosa@uml.edu

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Area of Science:

Nursing
Chronic Illness Care
Health Psychology

Background:

Chronic illnesses significantly impact patients' lives, necessitating effective nursing interventions.
Understanding lifestyle behavior change is crucial for managing chronic conditions.
Transformative nursing practice requires holistic approaches to patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

To present an emerging model of healing transformations for nurses.
To guide nursing practice in caring for individuals with chronic illness.
To explore the role of nurses in the healing trajectory of patients with chronic skin wounds.

Main Methods:

Literature review on chronic illness, lifestyle behavior change, and nursing practice.
Qualitative study using 36 in-depth interviews with 18 participants living with chronic skin wounds.
Analysis of life stories using the theory of health as expanding consciousness to identify patterns.

Main Results:

Identified clusters of phenomena within each phase of the healing transformations model.
Revealed individual and shared life patterns related to living with chronic skin wounds.
Validated and reflected on identified patterns with participants.

Conclusions:

The model of healing transformations, derived from client experiences, offers insights into healing.
Holistic nursing practice is central to the healing process for chronic illness patients.
Nurses play a vital role in positively influencing the healing trajectory of individuals with chronic illnesses like skin wounds.