Calhermeneutical strategy for interpreting interview text, because the aim of the approach was to disclose the meaning of nurses’ encounter of residents’ spiritual needs [44]. The strategy of analysis was inspired by Ricoeur’s philosophy [45]. Interpretations with the text consist of a dialectic movement amongst understanding the whole text and parts on the text, that is consistent using the hermeneutic system [46]. This closeness and distance in 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 3 methods: na e reading, structural analysis and formulation of a complete understanding.Na e reading (initial reading)Information had been collected from June 2011 to January 2012. At least 1 interview was performed at each and every in the four institutions, along with a follow-up interview was performed. Study shows that recurrent know-how dialogue inside a unique group may perhaps raise the understanding of a theme [40,41]. Through getting a follow-up interview, we wanted to acquire the participants’ reflections immediately after the initial interview and deepen many of the topics that the nurses discussed within the first interview [40]. Precisely the same moderator (initially author) and observer (second author) performed all eight interviews that have been located in the nursing homes, lasted 1 ?- two hours and recordedThe text was study many occasions to grasp the which means as a entire. During the reading, we tried to concentrate on the nurses’ lived experiences as they reflected on the residents spiritual and existential expressions. Na e reading was discussed between the researchers and additional guided the thematic structural evaluation.Structural analysisAll 4 researchers performed information coding. Very first, the text was divided into meaning units. We reflected around the which means units based around the background of PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20425085 the na e understanding after which condensed the units to reflect the vital which means. We study by means of all the condensed meaning units and reflected on their similarities and differences. Sub-themes had been then created, which had been assembled to themes and major themes. We further reflected around the themes in SCIO-469 relation to 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 amongst the na e understanding and themes, the structural evaluation method was repeated till there was compliance.Extensive understandingWe reflected on the themes and sub-themes in relation to our pre-understanding, analysis question, and also the context of the study, in which we sought a complete understanding. The credibility in the findings was assessed inside the process of coding, in that we selected substantial sections in the participants’ statements and identified explicit themes. We sought to safeguard transparency and trustworthiness via quotations from different participations in the presentation with the findings. During the whole procedure, we attempted to assess consistency between the information presented plus the study findings, like each important and minor themes. By comparing themes for the naive reading, we strengthened the validity on the evaluation.Ethical considerationsreligious activities, like prayer and singing hymns. In addition, they observed that residents wanted to connect to them on a individual level. The nurses described residents’ preceding interests, which include nature experiences, culture and traditions as spiritual requires, as.