Bakgrund: Att ge egenvårdsråd är en del av distriktssköterskans/sjuksköterskans omvårdnadsarbete i telefonrådgivning på vårdcentral. Att arbeta med telefonrådgivning upplevs självständigt och stimulerande men också svårt då DSK/SSK känner sig utlämnade pga. det ansvar och den kompetens som krävs. DSK/SSK stöter ibland på motstånd när de förmedlar egenvårdsråd. Patienterna vill inte alltid ta emot råd som ges vilket kan utgöra en belastning för DSK/SSK. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att beskriva DSK/SSK erfarenheter av motstånd mot egenvårdsråd i samband med telefonrådgivning. Metod: Studien genomfördes som en kvalitativ intervjustudie. Tolv DSK/SSK som arbetade på vårdcentraler i nordvästra Skåne intervjuades. Analysen genomfördes med kvalitativ innehållsanalys enligt Graneheim och Lundman (2004) Resultat: Resultatet visade att DSK erfarenheter av motstånd mot egenvårdsråd var att deras yrkeskompetens ifrågasattes av patienterna. Motståndet fick dem att tvivla på sin kompetens och de upplevde frustration när de försökte ge råd. DSK/SSK hanterade situationen genom att försöka förstå patienten, hantera sina känslor och sträva efter att finna en lösning. Slutsats: Det ställs stora krav på DSK/SSK yrkeskompetens och förmåga att hantera sina känslor. De strävade efter att hantera situationen professionellt men det finns behov av mer stöd och utbildning för att ge DSK/SSK de bästa förutsättningarna att nå fram till patienten. / Background: Nurses may face resistance when trying to give self-care advice in telephone in primary care. Patients are not always willing to accept self-care advice. Providing advice is a part of nurses’ work in telephone nursing and, nurses most often experience their work as independent and stimulating but also difficult due to the responsibility and competence that is required. Objective: The aim of the study was to describe nurses experiences of facing resistance when providing self care advice in telephone nursing at primary care units. Methods: Qualitative approach was used to conduct the study. Twelve nurses working at primary care units in the north west of Skåne were interviewed. The analysis was conducted with qualitative content analysis according to Graneheim and Lundman (2004). Results: The analysis revealed that nurses were challenged due to their competence being questioned. They started to doubt their competence and felt frustrated trying to give patients self care advice. They handled the situation by trying to understand the patient, striving to handle their emotions and striving to find a solution. Conclusion: There are high demands on nurses nursing skills and ability to handle their emotions when they face resistance trying to provide self care advice. They strive to face the challenge in a professional way but they need more support and education in order to give them the best opportunities to meet patients’ needs.

During later years, the primary care services are experiencing a heavier strain in terms of increasing expenses and higher demand for medical services. An increased awareness about pharmaceutical adverse effects and the global concern of antibiotic resistance has given self-care and active surveillance a stronger position within the primary care services. The management strategy for minor illnesses is important because care-seekers tend to repeat successful strategies from past events, and past experience with self-care drives future self-care practices. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore people’s experiences and needs when practicing self-care and receiving self-care advice for minor illnesses. This was achieved by studying people’s experiences with and knowledge of minor illnesses, self-care interventions and channels of information used when providing self-care for minor illness. Needs for confidence in self-care were studied, as well as supporting and obstructing factors in the practice of self-care. Satisfaction with telephone nursing and people’s experiences of reassurance in relation to the decision-making process in self-care for minor illness was explored. The results showed that experience correlated with self-rated knowledge of the condition, and the least common conditions most often generated a health care services consultation. To confidently practice self-care people needed good knowledge and understanding about obtaining symptom relief. Younger persons more often reported the need of having family or friends to talk to. Easy access to care was most often reported as a support in self-care, and a lack of knowledge about illnesses was most often reported as obstructing self-care. Care-seekers receiving self-care advice were less satisfied with the telephone nursing than care-seekers referred to medical care, and feeling reassured after the call was the most important factor influencing satisfaction. Self-care advice had a constricting influence on healthcare utilization, with 66.1% of the cases resulting in a lower level of care than first intended. The course of action that persons in self-care decided on was found to relate to uncertainty and perception of risk. Reassurance had the potential to allay doubts and fears to confidence, thereby influencing self-care and consultation behavior. In conclusion, symptoms of minor illness can cause uncertainty and concern, and reassurance is an important factor influencing people’s course of action when afflicted with minor illness. The nurse constitutes a calming force, and the encounter between the nurse and the care-seeker holds a unique possibility of reassurance and confidence that minor illness is self-limiting to its nature and that effective interventions can provide relief and comfort. Just as health is more than the absence of disease, self-care is more than the absence of medical care.