Calhermeneutical approach for interpreting interview text, simply because the aim in the strategy was to disclose the meaning of nurses’ encounter of residents’ spiritual needs [44]. The system of analysis was inspired by Ricoeur’s philosophy [45]. Interpretations with the text consist of a dialectic movement involving understanding the whole text and components from the text, which can be consistent with all the hermeneutic technique [46]. This closeness and distance from the text implies interpreting the text in terms of reading the text for what it says and additional understanding what the text suggests. The analysis followed 3 actions: na e reading, structural evaluation and formulation of a extensive understanding.Na e reading (initial reading)Information were collected from June 2011 to January 2012. At least 1 interview was performed at every single with the four institutions, along with a follow-up interview was conducted. Analysis shows that recurrent know-how dialogue in a distinct group may raise the understanding of a theme [40,41]. By way of getting a follow-up interview, we wanted to get the participants’ reflections soon after the initial interview and deepen a C.I. 42053 number of the subjects that the nurses discussed within the initial interview [40]. Exactly the same moderator (initially author) and observer (second author) conducted all eight interviews that were situated within the nursing properties, lasted 1 ?- 2 hours and recordedThe text was study a number of times to grasp the which means as a entire. Throughout 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 amongst the researchers and additional guided the thematic structural analysis.Structural analysisAll 4 researchers performed data coding. 1st, the text was divided into meaning units. We reflected on the which means units based around the background of PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20425085 the na e understanding and after that condensed the units to reflect the crucial which means. We read by means of all of the condensed which means units and reflected on their similarities and variations. Sub-themes were then designed, which were assembled to themes and most important themes. We additional reflected on 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 four ofif we discovered a discrepancy involving the na e understanding and themes, the structural analysis method was repeated until there was compliance.Extensive understandingWe reflected on the themes and sub-themes in relation to our pre-understanding, analysis question, and the context from the study, in which we sought a comprehensive understanding. The credibility with the findings was assessed inside the course of action of coding, in that we chosen important sections from the participants’ statements and identified explicit themes. We sought to safeguard transparency and trustworthiness by means of quotations from diverse participations in the presentation in the findings. Throughout the complete course of action, we attempted to assess consistency involving the information presented and also the study findings, which includes both major and minor themes. By comparing themes for the naive reading, we strengthened the validity with the analysis.Ethical considerationsreligious activities, for instance prayer and singing hymns. Additionally, they observed that residents wanted to connect to them on a personal level. The nurses described residents’ previous interests, for instance nature experiences, culture and traditions as spiritual requires, as.