Department of Child Health and Disease Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey.
Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey.
Omega (Westport). 2024 Sep;89(4):1714-1735. doi: 10.1177/00302228231198575. Epub 2023 Aug 21.
The aim of this study is to explore intensive care nurses' perceptions and experiences about death and dying patient. This study included 15 nurses from a university hospital's intensive care units (paediatric and internal medicine). Data were collected through face-to-face, in-depth and individual interviews using the "Nurse Information Form" and "Semi-Structured Interview Form". Six major themes and sixteen sub-themes were identified on the nurses' perceptions and experiences with death. After the nurses described their perceptions of death, their responses, approaches, coping mechanisms, and effects on the dead and dying patient in care and factors affecting perceptions of death were defined. Our findings suggest that nurses, particularly those working in intensive care, should be educated/trained on death, and dying patient care. Thus, orderly psychological support should be provided to nurses.
本研究旨在探讨重症监护护士对死亡和临终患者的认知和体验。该研究纳入了来自一所大学附属医院重症监护病房（儿科和内科）的 15 名护士。通过使用“护士信息表”和“半结构化访谈表”，采用面对面、深入和个人访谈的方式收集数据。研究确定了护士对死亡的认知和体验的 6 个主要主题和 16 个次主题。在护士描述了他们对死亡的看法、他们的反应、方法、应对机制以及对护理中的死亡和临终患者的影响以及影响死亡看法的因素后。我们的研究结果表明，护士，特别是那些在重症监护病房工作的护士，应该接受关于死亡和临终患者护理的教育/培训。因此，应向护士提供有序的心理支持。
