The encounter with the unknown: Nurses lived experiences of their responsibility for the care of the patient in the Swedish ambulance servicer

摘要

Registered nurses (RNs) have, according to the Swedish National Board of Health andWelfare, the overall responsibility fornthe medical care in the ambulance care setting. Bringing RNs into the ambulance service are judged, according to earliernstudies, to lead to a degree of professionalism with a higher quality of medical care. Implicitly in earlier studies, the work innthe ambulance service involves interpersonal skills. The aim of this study was to describe RNs’ experiences of beingnresponsible for the care of the patient in the Swedish ambulance service. A reflective lifeworld approach within thenperspective of caring science was used. Five RNs with at least five years experience from care in the ambulance care settingnwere interviewed. The findings show that the essence of the phenomenon is to prepare and create conditions for care and tonaccomplish care close to the patient. Three meaning constituents emerged in the descriptions: prepare and create conditions fornthe nursing care, to be there for the patient and significant others and create comfort for the patient and significant others. Thenresponsibility is a complex phenomenon, with a caring perspective, emerging from the encounter with the unique humannbeing.