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Susana Martin-Hernandez1, Janaina Meirelles Sousa2, Georgina Casanova-Garrigos1
1Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Facultat d'Infermeria. Campus Terres de l'Ebre-Tortosa, Tarragona, España.
Objective:
to identify nurses' perceptions of the characteristics of anthroposophic nursing care.
Method:
qualitative study carried out in Tortosa, Spain. Semi-structured online and face-to-face interviews with 23 international nurses with experience in anthroposophic nursing, about the characteristics of anthroposophic nursing. Data was transcribed between 2023-2024 and subjected to a reflective thematic analysis using ATLAS-ti®.
Results:
four characteristic areas are described: anthroposophic anthropology as a salutogenic basis that values the relationship between care, nature, and human suffering; external applications as complementary therapeutic techniques; sincere nursing involvement with the patient, family and community based on therapeutic links; path of self-knowledge as a support tool in patient care.
Final Considerations:
anthroposophic nurses combine nursing science and anthroposophic medicine to achieve coherence and inner strength. There is a demand for research and continuing education in anthroposophic nursing and homogeneity in the theoretical and practical foundations provided by anthroposophic nursing and existing training courses.
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