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The Lived Experience of Sacrificing Something Important

Kristine L. Florczak, RN; PhD

St. Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois

The purposes of this research, using the Parse method, were to discover the structure of sacrificing something important and to expand the theory of human becoming. The core concepts of relinquishing the cherished, shifting preferred options, and fortifying affiliations were discovered during the process of extraction-synthesis using synopses of dialogues from 10 church parishioners. The structure, sacrificing something important is relinquishing the cherished while shifting preferred options amid fortifying affiliations is the central finding of this study, adding to the theory of human becoming, stimulating further research, and informing nurses about this universal lived experience of health.

Key Words: human becoming • Parse • sacrifice • sacrificing something important

Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 2, 133-141 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0894318406286591
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