The Experiential Learning Pathway of Cancer Survivors as They Recover Their Lives Post-Treatment: A Qualitative Study
For many cancer survivors, post-treatment challenges are predominantly related to their personal and social lives. These challenges are part of an experiential learning process linked to a survivor’s identity, their desire to preserve independence, their social roles, and responsibilities along with...
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2022-03-01
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| Series: | Global Qualitative Nursing Research |
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| author | Karine Bilodeau Cynthia Henriksen Virginia Lee Marie-France Vachon Danielle Charpentier Nathalie Folch Jacinthe Pepin Marie-Pascale Pomey Lynda Piché Nicolas Fernandez |
| author_facet | Karine Bilodeau Cynthia Henriksen Virginia Lee Marie-France Vachon Danielle Charpentier Nathalie Folch Jacinthe Pepin Marie-Pascale Pomey Lynda Piché Nicolas Fernandez |
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| description | For many cancer survivors, post-treatment challenges are predominantly related to their personal and social lives. These challenges are part of an experiential learning process linked to a survivor’s identity, their desire to preserve independence, their social roles, and responsibilities along with a return to their normal lives. We used interpretive description to describe the experiential learning process of cancer survivors as they recover post-treatment. Data from five group discussions with 27 participants were combined with data from 9 in-depth individual interviews that examined post-treatment challenges. Through an iterative qualitative analysis, we uncovered 3 experiential learning pathways. Narrative vignettes are used to portray and highlight learning involved in accepting loss, asking for help, and rebuilding authentic social networks. Experiential learning shares recognizable features among individuals identified as milestones. These lead to a greater understanding of how cancer survivors acquire a new sense of self and recover their lives post-treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d12341bb0934d148c5eda013dba35ea2022-12-22T01:51:05ZengSAGE PublishingGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research2333-39362022-03-01910.1177/23333936221083026The Experiential Learning Pathway of Cancer Survivors as They Recover Their Lives Post-Treatment: A Qualitative StudyKarine BilodeauCynthia HenriksenVirginia LeeMarie-France VachonDanielle CharpentierNathalie FolchJacinthe PepinMarie-Pascale PomeyLynda PichéNicolas FernandezFor many cancer survivors, post-treatment challenges are predominantly related to their personal and social lives. These challenges are part of an experiential learning process linked to a survivor’s identity, their desire to preserve independence, their social roles, and responsibilities along with a return to their normal lives. We used interpretive description to describe the experiential learning process of cancer survivors as they recover post-treatment. Data from five group discussions with 27 participants were combined with data from 9 in-depth individual interviews that examined post-treatment challenges. Through an iterative qualitative analysis, we uncovered 3 experiential learning pathways. Narrative vignettes are used to portray and highlight learning involved in accepting loss, asking for help, and rebuilding authentic social networks. Experiential learning shares recognizable features among individuals identified as milestones. These lead to a greater understanding of how cancer survivors acquire a new sense of self and recover their lives post-treatment.https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936221083026 |
| spellingShingle | Karine Bilodeau Cynthia Henriksen Virginia Lee Marie-France Vachon Danielle Charpentier Nathalie Folch Jacinthe Pepin Marie-Pascale Pomey Lynda Piché Nicolas Fernandez The Experiential Learning Pathway of Cancer Survivors as They Recover Their Lives Post-Treatment: A Qualitative Study Global Qualitative Nursing Research |
| title | The Experiential Learning Pathway of Cancer Survivors as They Recover Their Lives Post-Treatment: A Qualitative Study |
| title_full | The Experiential Learning Pathway of Cancer Survivors as They Recover Their Lives Post-Treatment: A Qualitative Study |
| title_fullStr | The Experiential Learning Pathway of Cancer Survivors as They Recover Their Lives Post-Treatment: A Qualitative Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Experiential Learning Pathway of Cancer Survivors as They Recover Their Lives Post-Treatment: A Qualitative Study |
| title_short | The Experiential Learning Pathway of Cancer Survivors as They Recover Their Lives Post-Treatment: A Qualitative Study |
| title_sort | experiential learning pathway of cancer survivors as they recover their lives post treatment a qualitative study |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936221083026 |
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