定性研究
护理部
医学
癌症
病入膏肓
家庭医学
缓和医疗
心理学
内科学
社会科学
社会学
作者
Zhenling Zhang,Fengqi Dong,Yanhui Wang
出处
期刊:The Journal of practical nursing
日期:2016-12-21
卷期号:32 (36): 2838-2841
标识
DOI:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2016.36.011
摘要
Objective
To elucidate the experience and attitude of bad news from nurses to advanced cancer patients, in order to offer better nursing care to the dying cancer patients as well as to provide evidence for end-of-life cancer care.
Methods
A phenomenological research method of qualitative study was employed in this study. Fifteen nurses caring for dying cancer patients were in-depth interviewed with semi-structured interview guide. Colaizzi analytical method was adopted to collect and analyze the data, which was then organized into themes and subthemes.
Results
Three themes wereconflict between will and behavior barriers of bad news delivery with comprehensive assessment of dying cancer patients.
Conclusions
Though the oncology nurses thought the dying cancer patients should be told they were dying, few nurses did that. Communication and hope maintenance related to end-of-life cancer care training should be offered to oncology nurses, as well bad news to ensure cancer patients′ safety.
Key words:
Nurses; Neoplasms; Terminally ill; Hospice care; Bad news
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