Nurse's Conflict Experience toward End-of-life Medical Decision-making / 성인간호학회지

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore clinical nurse's reported conflict experience toward end-of-life medical decision making. METHODS: Data were collected by in-depth interviews with eight nurses from three different wards of university hospital in D city of Korea. Conventional qualitative analysis was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Results were three major themes and twelve categories from the analysis. The three major themes were prioritization of treatment, non-disclosure of diagnosis, and hierarchical and power relations. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that shared decision making in end of life among patient, family members, physician, and nurse may contribute to improve end-of-life care performance as well as dignified dying of patient in end of life.