Nurses’ Support of a Dying Patient’s Family
Ruiz Mercado, Gilberto; Torn, Moonika (2023)
2023
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End-of-life care is becoming increasingly important as the population ages and the prevalence of chronic illnesses rises. Palliative and hospice care is necessary for a broad variety of illnesses and conditions. Registered nurses are essential for ensuring high-quality treatment for patients and their families and should have enough education in palliative care and hospice care in addition to the necessary skills to offer treatment that is of high quality.
The purpose of this thesis is to describe how the families of a patient in hospice care are being supported and how to improve the grieving family’s support. The thesis aims to make nurses aware of the importance of support to patients' families during and after hospice care. The research methods for this thesis are literature review and content analysis. A total number of ten (n=10) articles were used for content analysis.
The upper category results for this thesis are communication, nursing expertise, nurses’ education, support, and preparation.
This thesis is beneficial for a reader who wants to have a deeper knowledge about supporting a family member of a dying patient during the dying process and afterwards. It also contains information on where the support is lacking and what needs to be done to boost the family members’ support quality.
The purpose of this thesis is to describe how the families of a patient in hospice care are being supported and how to improve the grieving family’s support. The thesis aims to make nurses aware of the importance of support to patients' families during and after hospice care. The research methods for this thesis are literature review and content analysis. A total number of ten (n=10) articles were used for content analysis.
The upper category results for this thesis are communication, nursing expertise, nurses’ education, support, and preparation.
This thesis is beneficial for a reader who wants to have a deeper knowledge about supporting a family member of a dying patient during the dying process and afterwards. It also contains information on where the support is lacking and what needs to be done to boost the family members’ support quality.