Calhermeneutical system for interpreting interview text, due to the fact the aim on the system was to disclose the meaning of nurses’ knowledge of residents’ spiritual demands [44]. The process of evaluation was inspired by Ricoeur’s philosophy [45]. Interpretations with the text consist of a dialectic movement amongst understanding the whole text and components from the text, which is constant with all the hermeneutic method [46]. This closeness and distance of your text implies interpreting the text with regards to reading the text for what it says and additional understanding what the text suggests. The analysis followed 3 methods: na e reading, structural evaluation and formulation of a complete understanding.Na e reading (initial reading)Data were collected from June 2011 to January 2012. At the very least one interview was performed at every of the four institutions, and also a follow-up interview was conducted. Investigation shows that recurrent expertise dialogue inside a particular group may perhaps improve the understanding of a theme [40,41]. Through getting a follow-up interview, we wanted to acquire the participants’ reflections following the initial interview and deepen a number of the subjects that the nurses discussed inside the initial interview [40]. Exactly the same moderator (very first author) and observer (second author) carried out all eight interviews that had been located within the nursing homes, lasted 1 ?- 2 hours and recordedThe text was study various occasions to grasp the meaning as a whole. During the reading, we tried to focus on the nurses’ lived experiences as they reflected around the residents spiritual and existential expressions. Na e reading was discussed amongst the researchers and additional guided the thematic structural analysis.Structural analysisAll 4 researchers carried out information coding. First, the text was divided into meaning units. We reflected around the meaning units primarily based around the background of 6R-Tetrahydro-L-biopterin dihydrochloride web 20425085″ title=View Abstract(s)”>PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20425085 the na e understanding and after that condensed the units to reflect the important which means. We read through all the condensed meaning units and reflected on their similarities and differences. Sub-themes were then created, which have been assembled to themes and major themes. We further reflected around the themes in relation for the na e understanding, andbehr et al. BMC Nursing 2014, 13:12 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6955/13/Page 4 ofif we found a discrepancy between the na e understanding and themes, the structural evaluation course of action was repeated until there was compliance.Comprehensive understandingWe reflected on the themes and sub-themes in relation to our pre-understanding, investigation question, and also the context with the study, in which we sought a comprehensive understanding. The credibility on the findings was assessed inside the approach of coding, in that we chosen important sections from the participants’ statements and identified explicit themes. We sought to safeguard transparency and trustworthiness by means of quotations from diverse participations inside the presentation of the findings. Through the whole approach, we attempted to assess consistency between the information presented plus the study findings, like each significant and minor themes. By comparing themes towards the naive reading, we strengthened the validity in the analysis.Ethical considerationsreligious activities, including prayer and singing hymns. Furthermore, they observed that residents wanted to connect to them on a personal level. The nurses described residents’ previous interests, for instance nature experiences, culture and traditions as spiritual needs, as.