Nurses’ experiences about palliative care

Abstract

There are many barriers to the development and implementation of palliative care. Chinese people's misunderstanding of palliative care due to cultural awareness and the lack of professionally trained health care workers and managers can be summarized as the main obstacles. The aim of this study was to discuss the experiences of nurses in caring for patients receiving palliative care based on existing literature. The purpose was to develop quality of palliative care to help patients die with dignity by providing useful information for nurses . Data of this literature review were collected from the article database: CINAHL and PUBMED. A total of 12 articles were selected for review and got the result by 4 steps. The results could be divided into three main categories: Relationships, Organization support and Increasing nurses’ ability. And seven subcategories named: palliative care team, patient and family, nurses and patient, establishment of local centers, providing information on facilities and services, knowledge and intervention skills & emotion management. In conclusion, nurses need to respond promptly and quickly to improve the quality of care. Nurses support each other and work together under the encouragement of team spirit. The cultivation of team spirit and the establishment of nursing team can effectively promote the development of nursing organization, nursing profession and individual nurses. Emotional management of caregivers is also important. A variety of emotions affect the work and life of nurses to varying degrees, but also affect the patient's condition.