Participants teach nurses how to facilitate forgiveness through lived experiences with media: A qualitative study.

The participants were recruited by convenience and snowball sampling, not by random selection. Most participants lived in the north-central United States, were White and were Christian, so the media recommendations may not match other cultures, languages or faiths. All recommended media were in English, and non-English cultures would need to find translations or local equivalents. The study did not test the media lists or Guideposts in patients, and it did not report forgiveness or health outcomes. Some participants had much media to discuss and others had little, and the team did not analyse differences by social determinants, culture, region or age. The study included an unasked question about personal forgiveness process because participants wanted to share it, which expanded the analysis beyond the original media questions. Some participants may have shared general information about forgiveness rather than specific media that helped them.

The research was funded by grants from the University of Eau Claire.

Do not conclude that nurses should prescribe these media to improve forgiveness, insomnia, fatigue or depression. The study collected participants' recommendations and experiences, but it did not test whether the lists help patients or produce health benefits.