Department of Critical Care Nursing, Students' Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Nurs Open. 2022 Jan;9(1):646-654. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1112. Epub 2021 Nov 3.
Supporting cancer patients is one of the integral, ethical and professional components and concepts of nursing care. Given the prominence of nurses' understanding of their supportive role in providing quality and humane nursing care for cancer patients, it is crucial for them to acquire sufficient knowledge to achieve a positive attitude towards patient support.
Qualitative conventional content analysis approach was used.
This study was conducted with a qualitative approach and conventional content analysis in 2020. Participants consisted of 18 nurses of different oncology wards of teaching hospitals in Northwestern Iran recruited using the purposive sampling method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed simultaneously with data collection (22 july - 20 june 2020).
The analysis of interviews showed that the main theme of "a canopy as a supportive role for cancer patients" was formed. In this theme, related subcategories included patient's psychological support (compassionate care with emotional support, having an intimate/friendly relationship with the patient and communicative behaviour facing patient needs), patient training (need-based training, having good theoretical knowledge about the patient and having a role model for playing a supportive role for the patient) and supporting the patient with clinical self-efficacy (being responsible with clinical competency, understanding the patient's behaviour and attempt to provide extra-duty care).
支持癌症患者是护理工作中不可或缺的、合乎道德和专业的组成部分和理念之一。鉴于护士对其支持角色的理解对于为癌症患者提供优质和人性化护理的重要性，他们必须获得足够的知识，以对患者支持持积极态度。
采用定性常规内容分析方法。
本研究于 2020 年采用定性方法和常规内容分析进行。参与者包括来自伊朗西北部教学医院不同肿瘤病房的 18 名护士，采用目的抽样法招募。通过半结构式访谈收集数据，并与数据收集同时进行（2020 年 7 月 22 日至 6 月 20 日）。
访谈分析显示，形成了“为癌症患者提供支持的保护伞”这一主要主题。在这个主题中，相关的子类别包括患者的心理支持（富有同情心的关怀，提供情感支持，与患者建立亲密/友好关系，以及沟通行为以满足患者的需求）、患者培训（基于需求的培训，对患者有良好的理论知识，以及为患者提供支持角色的榜样）以及支持患者的临床自我效能（具有临床能力的责任感，理解患者的行为，并试图提供额外的护理）。
