Lived Experiences of Nursing Severe Burn Injury Patients

Running Head: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY
Topic: The Lived Experience of Nursing Severe Burn Injury Patient: A Phenomenological
Inquiry
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The Lived Experience of Nursing Severe Burn Injury Patient: A Phenomenological Inquiry
Title
The title of the study ‘’Lived Experiences of Nursing Severe Burn Injury Patients’’ is
catchy and holds the interest of the readers. It identified the targeted key component of the
phenomenon. It has implied that group being studied is ‘’nurses’’ who have witnessed the lived
experiences of the burning patients.
Abstract
The background, aim methods, finding and conclusions are defined, but the implication
of the study and prevalence of the problem is missing. The prevalence ratio depicts the
magnitude of the problem. Therefore it should be mentioned to highlight the need for the study
(Kellogg, Barker, & McCune, 2014).
Introduction
Statement of the Problem. The problem statement is located in the second paragraph.
The statement of the problem provides a clear description of the targeted phenomenon (Moi,
& Gjengedal, 2014), but it is clearly mentioned that what location has been targeted in the
current study. Furthermore, the experience of bun patients has not been studied and discussed,
which is considered the core limitation of the study. The match between the research problem
and the qualitative paradigm is good and clear.
Research question. The research question is clear to understand the direction of the
study. Unfortunately, the research question is missing in the current study.
Literature review. The literature was a detailed description of the past researches
relevant to the existing research. The primary resources were used to search the relevant studies.
It was clearly mentioned that how the past researches are interlinked with the current study.

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Nurses lived experiences, psychological functioning Stressors, coping mechanisms and burnout
were explicitly described with authentic references. The social, psychological and emotional
challenges of nurses have been elaborated in work –setting.
Conceptual framework. The conceptual framework is a crucial aspect, but the current
lacking in providing a conceptual framework.
Methods
Protection of participant’s rights. Ethical approval was taken from the participants
prior to the conduction of the study. The participant, dignity, confidentiality and rights were
protected. Formal ethical approval was taken from the University of Adelaide Human Research
ethic committee and Northern Sydney health human research ethic committee.
Research design and traditions. Phenomenology exploration research deigns congruent
with the data collection. The data was collected through one-to-one interviews of the nurses
having the experience of serving severely burnt patients.
Sample and Settings. The current study used purposive sampling technique for the
selection of nurses. The participants that have been recruited in the current study must have
experience of nursing severe burn patients. As far as the setting of the study is concerned, the
teaching hospital of Sydney new south wale was selected. Reconstructive plastic surgery units
were also included in the current study.
Data Collection. The open-end interview method was used to obtain relevant
information from the participants. The researcher personally conducted the one to one interview
sessions for gathering in-depth information about their experiences. The voice recorder was used
to restore the information ad participants were aware of the use of an audio recorder. The
average time of each interview lasted between 19 to 52 minutes.