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Spanish nurses' preparedness to care for hospitalised terminally ill patients and their daily approach to caring.
- Source :
- International Journal of Palliative Nursing; Dec2012, Vol. 18 Issue 12, p597-605, 9p, 6 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Objective: To describe Spanish nurses' preparedness to care for hospitalised terminally ill patients and how this translates into care delivery. Methods: An exploratory, sequential mixed methods study with two stages. Stage I used unstructured observations of 22 hospital nurses over 235 hours to understand their daily reality, followed by semi-structured interviews with 21 nurses to elicit their perspectives. Stage 2 was a regional survey (65% response rate) concerned with hospital nurses' opinions of caring for terminally ill patients and their perceived competence. Results: The nurses felt competent to provide physical but not emotional care for terminally ill patients. They reported that care could be improved, particularly through providing more emotional care. This coincided with an observed focus on physical care. The nurses reported a lack of support in caring for terminally ill patients and wanted more education on emotional issues and dealing with their own feelings. Conclusion: There is a need for an integrative approach in Spain that combines an educational programme with a supportive environment, focusing on developing nurses' competence to deliver emotional care and deal with their own feelings. Promoting a supportive environment might enable nurses to change their behaviour when caring for terminally ill patients and deal with patients' emotional as well as physical needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CLINICAL competence
COMMUNICATION
EMPLOYEES
EXPERIENCE
HOSPITAL wards
HOSPITALS
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL quality control
NURSE-patient relationships
NURSE administrators
NURSES' attitudes
NURSING
NURSING practice
NURSING education
PALLIATIVE treatment
PARTICIPANT observation
PERSONNEL management
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
SURVEYS
TERMINALLY ill
WORK environment
QUALITATIVE research
QUANTITATIVE research
SOCIAL support
EDUCATIONAL attainment
THEMATIC analysis
INFORMATION needs
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
HOSPITAL nursing staff
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13576321
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Palliative Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 85151887
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2012.18.12.597