Bakgrund: I Sverige dör cirka 90 000 personer varje år. Majoriteten av dessa är förväntade dödsfall relaterat till ålder och sjukdomar. Plötslig död innefattar mord, suicid, olycksfall eller akut sjukdom. I mötet med anhöriga efter plötslig död har sjuksköterskan till uppgift att delge stöd och information. Det finns många studier gjorda på hur anhöriga upplever bemötandet i vården men desto mindre forskning om hur sjuksköterskan upplever mötet med anhöriga vid plötslig död. Syfte: Att beskriva sjuksköterskans upplevelse av att möta anhöriga vid plötslig död på sjukhus. Metod: Kvalitativ intervjustudie där 10 sjuksköterskor, från två olika avdelningar från ett sjukhus i södra delen av Sverige, har intervjuats.  Intervjuerna bearbetades och har analyserats genom en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Studien resulterade i tre huvudkategorier; Kräver professionalitet, Anhörigas reaktioner påverkar och Behöver vara personlig. Slutsats: Hur sjuksköterskan möter och bemöter anhöriga är ett viktigt moment i vården och för den familjecentrerade omvårdnaden. Sjuksköterskor som påträffar plötsliga dödsfall i sitt yrke upplever att det är komplext att möta anhöriga vid dessa situationer. / Background: Approximately 90 000 people die each year in hospitals throughout Sweden. The majority of these are expected deaths related to age and disease. The causes of sudden death include homicide, suicide, accidental or acute illness. When this occurs, nurses are responsible for sharing support and information with the relatives. There have been many studies conducted on the experience of family members and the treatment they receive in hospitals. However, there is less research present on the experiences of nurses when meeting families after sudden death. Aims: To describe nurses' experience of meeting relatives, when sudden death occurs in a hospital. Method: Qualitative interview study where a total of 10 nurses participated in the interviews, from two different departments of a hospital, in southern Sweden. The interviews were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis. Results: The study resulted in three main categories; Require professionalism, Relatives` reactions effects and Need to be personal. Conclusion: How the nurse meets and treats families is an important part of the care and the family-centered care. Nurses who encounters sudden death in the professional experience that it is complex to meet relatives after sudden death.

The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the potential effect of sudden loss on the personality structures of bereaved individuals. For this purpose, I focused on the individual personality structures of five nuclear family members during the first year following the sudden loss of their daughter/sister. I followed a concurrent nested mixed model research approach and relied upon both the post-positivist and interpretivist paradigms, allowing me to integrate the complementary strengths of quantitative and qualitative data collection by means of triangulation. I utilised a within group interrupted time series design, comparing the family’s MBTI® profiles prior to and following the sudden loss they had experienced. In addition, I incorporated the results of 16PF profiles of the participants administered post-sudden loss. I further substantiated my findings in terms of recurring themes on individual metaphors concerning the sudden loss experience, constructed by the participants. The findings of the study indicated that distinct changes in personality structures occurred in terms of the personality structures of the participants. Pertaining to the four polarities of the MBTI®, I found that the participants displayed a greater preference for the Introversion attitude, as well as both the Sensing and Feeling functions, after they had experienced sudden loss. All participants displayed an inclination towards personal growth by moving closer to the Judging/Perceiving axis post-sudden loss. In addition, two general tendencies were evident amongst the participants, namely a greater dependence on the inferior functions; and secondly the tendency to rely on type exaggeration when dealing with sudden loss. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Educational Psychology / unrestricted