American health care chaplains' narrative experiences serving during the COVID-19 pandemic: a phenomenological hermeneutical study.
J Health Care Chaplain
; : 1-16, 2022 Jul 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2256973
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted North American health care chaplains' modes of work and emotions. To capture the experiences of health care chaplains across the United States, 30 Board Certified (or eligible) chaplains were asked to keep a weekly narrative journal of their experiences and emotions during the pandemic from April of 2020 through June of 2020. Twenty-one chaplains submitted their journals for qualitative analysis, amounting to over 90,000 words of chaplain reflection containing rich, descriptive, and often personal stories of health care chaplains. Journals were analyzed using hermeneutic phenomenological methodology. The overarching patterns identified included The World of Chaplaincy, Policies/Procedures/Visitation, Staff Care, Rituals, Chaplain Emotional Responses, Coping, and Racism. A significant finding was the resiliency and creativity of chaplains despite the rapid changes, uncertainty, and fear brought on by the pandemic. The results further suggest that journaling is a feasible and acceptable method in chaplaincy research.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Language:
English
Journal:
J Health Care Chaplain
Journal subject:
Hospitals
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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08854726.2022.2087964
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