Calhermeneutical strategy for interpreting interview text, due to the fact the aim of your approach was to disclose the which means of nurses’ knowledge of residents’ spiritual demands [44]. The process of analysis was inspired by Ricoeur’s philosophy [45]. Interpretations in the text consist of a dialectic movement involving understanding the entire text and components from the text, which is constant together with the hermeneutic approach [46]. This closeness and distance with the text implies interpreting the text with regards to reading the text for what it says and further understanding what the text suggests. The CCT251545 biological activity evaluation followed three measures: na e reading, structural evaluation and formulation of a complete understanding.Na e reading (initial reading)Information were collected from June 2011 to January 2012. A minimum of 1 interview was performed at each from the four institutions, plus a follow-up interview was performed. Analysis shows that recurrent information dialogue in a specific group may raise the understanding of a theme [40,41]. Via possessing a follow-up interview, we wanted to receive the participants’ reflections right after the initial interview and deepen a number of the subjects that the nurses discussed inside the very first interview [40]. Precisely the same moderator (first author) and observer (second author) conducted all eight interviews that have been positioned in the nursing properties, lasted 1 ?- 2 hours and recordedThe text was study several occasions to grasp the which means as a entire. Through the reading, we attempted to concentrate on the nurses’ lived experiences as they reflected around the residents spiritual and existential expressions. Na e reading was discussed between the researchers and additional guided the thematic structural evaluation.Structural analysisAll four researchers carried out data coding. Very first, the text was divided into which means units. We reflected around the which means units based around the background of PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20425085 the na e understanding after which condensed the units to reflect the essential meaning. We study by way of all of the condensed meaning units and reflected on their similarities and differences. Sub-themes have been then designed, which have been assembled to themes and key themes. We additional reflected on the themes in relation towards the na e understanding, andbehr et al. BMC Nursing 2014, 13:12 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6955/13/Page four ofif we discovered a discrepancy among the na e understanding and themes, the structural evaluation course of action was repeated till there was compliance.Extensive understandingWe reflected around the themes and sub-themes in relation to our pre-understanding, research query, and also the context of the study, in which we sought a extensive understanding. The credibility on the findings was assessed inside the course of action of coding, in that we chosen important sections from the participants’ statements and identified explicit themes. We sought to safeguard transparency and trustworthiness by way of quotations from unique participations within the presentation on the findings. During the entire method, we attempted to assess consistency involving the data presented plus the study findings, such as each major and minor themes. By comparing themes for the naive reading, we strengthened the validity with the evaluation.Ethical considerationsreligious activities, which include prayer and singing hymns. Additionally, they observed that residents wanted to connect to them on a individual level. The nurses described residents’ previous interests, like nature experiences, culture and traditions as spiritual wants, as.