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Nurses' Experiences of End-of-life Care in Long-term Care Hospitals in Japan: Balancing Improving the Quality of Life and Sustaining the Lives of Patients Dying at Hospitals
Asian Nursing Research ; : 207-215, 2017.
Artículo en Inglés | WPRIM | ID: wpr-107187
ABSTRACT

PURPOSE:

In Japan, about 80% of deaths occur in hospitals, especially long-term care beds. The purpose of this study was to clarify the nursing practices used for such older patients at the end-of-life stage in long-termcare wards via the modified grounded theory approach (M-GTA).

METHODS:

Data were obtained through semi-structured interviews of nineteen nurses working in cooperating long-term care wards, acute care wards, or hospice services (to allow for constant comparison between these types of wards) in western Japan in 2014. We analyzed the transcribed data using M-GTA.

RESULTS:

The core category that emerged from the analysis was “Balancing enhancement of patients' daily life quality and life-sustaining care in the face of uncertainty about the patients' character.” Eleven categories emerged, such as Seeking older patients' character with their family, Supporting families' decision making, Rebuilding patients' daily life in the ward, and Sustaining patients' life span through medical care.

CONCLUSIONS:

Nurses experienced uncertainty about the care needs of older patients, the ethical problems of Enhancing the patients' QOL by using risky care, and the evaluation criteria used to judge their own nursing care after the patients' death. All nurses had the goal of ensuring a natural death for all patients. Nurses' acceptance and evaluation of their own care was critically influenced by the patient's family's responses to their care after patients' death. Further research is necessary to develop evaluation criteria and educational programs for end-of-life nursing care of older adults.
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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental) Asunto principal: Calidad de Vida / Cuidado Terminal / Enfermería / Cuidados a Largo Plazo / Toma de Decisiones / Incertidumbre / Investigación Cualitativa / Teoría Fundamentada / Hospitales para Enfermos Terminales / Japón Tipo de estudio: Estudio pronóstico / Investigación cualitativa Límite: Adulto / Humanos País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: Inglés Revista: Asian Nursing Research Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Artículo

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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental) Asunto principal: Calidad de Vida / Cuidado Terminal / Enfermería / Cuidados a Largo Plazo / Toma de Decisiones / Incertidumbre / Investigación Cualitativa / Teoría Fundamentada / Hospitales para Enfermos Terminales / Japón Tipo de estudio: Estudio pronóstico / Investigación cualitativa Límite: Adulto / Humanos País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: Inglés Revista: Asian Nursing Research Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Artículo