Calhermeneutical process for interpreting interview text, since the aim of your system was to disclose the which means of nurses’ practical experience of residents’ spiritual requirements [44]. The approach of evaluation was inspired by Ricoeur’s philosophy [45]. Interpretations with the text consist of a dialectic movement involving understanding the whole text and parts with the text, which can be consistent together with the hermeneutic process [46]. This closeness and distance of the text implies interpreting the text with regards to reading the text for what it says and further understanding what the text suggests. The evaluation followed 3 measures: na e reading, structural evaluation and formulation of a comprehensive understanding.Na e reading (initial reading)Data had been collected from June 2011 to January 2012. At least 1 interview was performed at every on the 4 institutions, and also a follow-up interview was performed. Research shows that recurrent understanding dialogue in a unique group may possibly boost the understanding of a theme [40,41]. By way of possessing a follow-up interview, we wanted to get the participants’ reflections just after the initial interview and deepen several of the topics that the nurses discussed inside the initial interview [40]. Exactly the same moderator (1st author) and observer (second author) carried out all eight interviews that were positioned in the nursing properties, lasted 1 ?- 2 hours and recordedThe text was read quite a few occasions to grasp the which means as a entire. Through the reading, we attempted to focus on the nurses’ lived experiences as they reflected around the residents spiritual and existential expressions. Na e reading was discussed involving the researchers and further guided the thematic structural evaluation.Structural analysisAll four researchers performed information coding. Initially, the text was divided into which means units. We reflected on the which means units primarily based on the background of PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20425085 the na e understanding and then condensed the units to reflect the necessary which means. We read via all of the condensed which means units and reflected on their similarities and variations. Sub-themes have been then designed, which have been assembled to themes and principal themes. We additional reflected around the themes in relation to the na e understanding, andbehr et al. BMC Nursing 2014, 13:12 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6955/13/Page four ofif we found a discrepancy involving the na e understanding and themes, the structural evaluation approach was repeated till there was compliance.Comprehensive understandingWe reflected around the themes and sub-themes in relation to our pre-understanding, research question, plus the context on the study, in which we sought a comprehensive understanding. The credibility with the findings was assessed within the course of action of A-1165442 coding, in that we selected important sections in the participants’ statements and identified explicit themes. We sought to safeguard transparency and trustworthiness by means of quotations from diverse participations in the presentation from the findings. Throughout the entire procedure, we attempted to assess consistency involving the data presented along with the study findings, including each big and minor themes. By comparing themes towards the naive reading, we strengthened the validity of your evaluation.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’ prior interests, like nature experiences, culture and traditions as spiritual demands, as.