A Qualitative Descriptive Exploratory Study of Feeling Confined Using Parse's Humanbecoming School of Thought

Abstract

Feeling confined is a universal lived experience of health and quality of life. The purposes of this research study were to uncover the meaning of feeling confined as a lived experience, advance nursing science by utilizing Parse's humanbecoming school of thought, provide knowledge about the phenomenon of feeling confined as a guide for nurses, and create interest in feeling confined as significant for future research. The humanbecoming school of thought was chosen as the theoretical perspective for the qualitative descriptive exploratory method study with 13 volunteer adult men, who were incarcerated in the same mental health unit of a Midwest medium security prison. Findings showed that: Feeling confined is an uneasy restricted seclusion arising with moments of reverie, as acknowledgement amid potential disregard emerges with shifting intimacies, while pondering possibles surfaces with endeavoring. Further research and practice suggestions are also presented.