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Introduction: This study aims to explore nursing students' perception and experience of end-of-life care (EoLC) in Indonesia, particularly in the family environment.Methods: This study used a qualitative research design to explore the experiences and perceptions of nursing students who have witnessed the dying of their family members. The study recruited 15 nursing students using a purposive sampling method, who were then invited to reflect and write their experiences in witnessing death of their families, and perceptions towards EoLC. The written reflections were analyzed using thematic analysis.Results: Thematic analysis showed that the experience of witnessing dying of a family member shaped nursing students' perceptions and attitudes towards EoLC. Some themes that emerged in this study included the importance of effective communication with patients and their families, symptom management, spiritual, emotional, and social support, as well as the need to improve nursing education and training.Conclusion: This present study shows that the experience of witnessing the death of a family member shapes nursing students' perceptions of EoLC in Indonesia. This present study provides recommendations that the students must be prepared emotionally and psychologically in caring EoL or dying patients. How attitude and readiness to care EoL patients are shaped by the experience in witnessing the dying family or loved one. As such, palliative and EoL curriculum should be included methods that allow desensitization and naturalization of dying for the students in order to make them ready to provide better EoLC for patients and their families. The results of this study can contribute to improving the quality of EoLC in Indonesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This document is a response to a letter to the editor regarding a qualitative study on nursing students' perceptions and experiences of end-of-life care. The author expresses gratitude for the feedback and acknowledges the strengths of the research, including the emotional impact of death on students and the importance of family presence and religious guidance. The author also appreciates the suggestions for further development, such as expanding the participant pool to include diverse cultures and religions and considering alternative research methods. The author emphasizes the importance of cultural sensitivity and methodological rigor in academic research and expresses a commitment to fostering productive academic discourse. [Extracted from the article]

Introduction: Most community nurses focus more on curative aspect rather than health promotion and disease prevention, thus weakening the primary health care and lessen the engagement with the community. Providing a learning environment that can support professional growth of nurses through engagement with local communities and education institution would strengthen the primary health care in the community. However, this poses challenges due to traditional mindset of nurses towards primary health care. This study aimed to identify the impact of engaging people and nursing students in the community and family health nursing care. Methods: This study used a two cycle participatory action research from February to June 2017 in the Cipacing village, West Java Indonesia. The participants included 68 nursing students who were placed in collaboration with local primary health service, 136 families that were recruited from 2,903 households in the community. The family independency level was measured based on the family independency instrument from the Ministry of Health Indonesia. Descriptive statistics and content analysis were used for data analysis. Results: The results showed that engaging people and nursing students in the community and family health nursing care has given impact to improve the independency level of the families to perform health promotion and disease prevention (93%) and increase the participation rate of the community to preventing disease and promoting their health. Discussion: People as resources need to be empowered, engaged, and involved in the production of healthcare in equal and reciprocal relationships between health professionals and people who use the service. We argue that engaging people and nursing students in the community and family health nursing care will enhance the capacity of families and people in the community to maintain their health, as well as improve the capacity of students to provide people centred care. Conclusion: Engaging people and nursing students in the community and family health nursing care can give positive impact for the health outcomes in the community. Lesson Learned: Collaboration between education and health sectors will provide a learning environment that can support professional growth of nurses, as well as produce the best outcomes for families and the community. Limitations: Even though the results could not be generalised, the findings are likely to be applicable within similar settings. Suggestions for Future Research: Further research is needed to examine the effectiveness of students and community engagement towards the health outcomes of people in the community using randomised clinical trial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]