Calhermeneutical system for interpreting interview text, since the aim in the method was to disclose the meaning of nurses’ expertise of residents’ spiritual requires [44]. The approach of evaluation was inspired by Ricoeur’s philosophy [45]. Interpretations in the text consist of a dialectic movement amongst understanding the entire text and components with the text, that is constant together with the hermeneutic technique [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 methods: 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. No less than a single interview was performed at each in the four institutions, and a follow-up interview was performed. Analysis shows that recurrent information dialogue in a unique group may raise the understanding of a theme [40,41]. Through obtaining a follow-up interview, we wanted to get the participants’ reflections immediately after the initial interview and deepen a few of the subjects that the nurses discussed within the initially interview [40]. The exact same moderator (first author) and observer (second author) carried out all eight interviews that had been positioned within the nursing homes, lasted 1 ?- 2 hours and recordedThe text was study a number of times to grasp the which means as a whole. Throughout 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 among the researchers and further guided the thematic structural analysis.Structural analysisAll 4 researchers conducted information coding. Initially, the text was divided into which means units. We reflected around the meaning units based on the background of PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20425085 the na e understanding then condensed the units to AG 879 site reflect the important meaning. We study through all the condensed which means units and reflected on their similarities and variations. Sub-themes have been then made, which were assembled to themes and major themes. We additional 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 four ofif we discovered a discrepancy amongst the na e understanding and themes, the structural analysis method was repeated till there was compliance.Extensive understandingWe reflected around the themes and sub-themes in relation to our pre-understanding, research question, and also the context from the study, in which we sought a complete understanding. The credibility of the findings was assessed inside the process of coding, in that we chosen important sections in the participants’ statements and identified explicit themes. We sought to safeguard transparency and trustworthiness through quotations from various participations within the presentation from the findings. Through the complete course of action, we attempted to assess consistency among the data presented and also the study findings, which includes both significant and minor themes. By comparing themes towards the naive reading, we strengthened the validity with the analysis.Ethical considerationsreligious activities, including prayer and singing hymns. Furthermore, they observed that residents wanted to connect to them on a private level. The nurses described residents’ prior interests, for instance nature experiences, culture and traditions as spiritual desires, as.