Calhermeneutical method for interpreting interview text, for the reason that the aim on the strategy was to disclose the meaning of nurses’ encounter of residents’ spiritual desires [44]. The system of evaluation was inspired by Ricoeur’s philosophy [45]. Interpretations from the text consist of a dialectic movement between understanding the whole text and parts from the text, which can be consistent with the hermeneutic strategy [46]. This closeness and distance of the text implies interpreting the text in terms of reading the text for what it says and further understanding what the text suggests. The analysis followed three steps: na e reading, structural evaluation and formulation of a comprehensive understanding.Na e reading (initial reading)Information had been collected from June 2011 to January 2012. A minimum of one interview was performed at every from the four institutions, as well as a follow-up interview was performed. Research shows that recurrent understanding dialogue within a unique group could enhance the understanding of a theme [40,41]. By way of getting a follow-up interview, we wanted to receive the participants’ reflections right after the initial interview and deepen many of the topics that the MedChemExpress DDP-38003 (dihydrochloride) nurses discussed within the initial interview [40]. The same moderator (first author) and observer (second author) performed all eight interviews that had been positioned within the nursing properties, lasted 1 ?- two hours and recordedThe text was study quite a few times to grasp the meaning as a complete. Through the reading, we attempted to focus on the nurses’ lived experiences as they reflected on the residents spiritual and existential expressions. Na e reading was discussed among the researchers and additional guided the thematic structural evaluation.Structural analysisAll 4 researchers carried out data coding. Initially, the text was divided into which means units. We reflected on the meaning units based around 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 essential meaning. We study via all of the condensed meaning units and reflected on their similarities and differences. Sub-themes had been then produced, which have been assembled to themes and principal themes. We additional reflected around 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 4 ofif we found a discrepancy among the na e understanding and themes, the structural analysis approach was repeated till there was compliance.Complete understandingWe reflected around the themes and sub-themes in relation to our pre-understanding, study question, as well as the context of your study, in which we sought a comprehensive understanding. The credibility in the findings was assessed in the method of coding, in that we selected substantial sections in the participants’ statements and identified explicit themes. We sought to safeguard transparency and trustworthiness by means of quotations from distinct participations within the presentation with the findings. Through the entire method, we attempted to assess consistency between the data presented and the study findings, such as both key and minor themes. By comparing themes to the naive reading, we strengthened the validity of the analysis.Ethical considerationsreligious activities, including prayer and singing hymns. Moreover, they observed that residents wanted to connect to them on a private level. The nurses described residents’ previous interests, for example nature experiences, culture and traditions as spiritual requires, as.