TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring nurses’ experiences in palliative care
T2 - a qualitative study in Indonesia
AU - Wahyuni, Jathu Dwi
AU - Setyowati, Setyowati
AU - Yetti, Krisna
AU - Gayatri, Dewi
AU - Meidiawati, Ati Surya
AU - Nurdahlia, Nurdahlia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Background: Providing services to palliative patients with a chronic or terminal illness is a moral obligation. Moreover, palliative care is a patient’s right that must be provided by health workers and the community. Unfortunately, the implementation of palliative care services shows that most nurses still have insufficient knowledge and attitudes about palliative care. This study aims to explore the experiences of inpatient cancer and chemotherapy ward nurses in caring for palliative patients. Methods: This study employed a qualitative descriptive interpretive method and involved 11 participants from March to July 2022. The research subjects were inpatient cancer and chemotherapy ward nurses who cared for palliative patients or those with experience in treating palliative patients. Data were collected using focus group discussions (FGD) and analyzed using content analysis techniques. Results: This study identified three themes: nurses’ perceptions of palliative care, the obstacles experienced by nurses in palliative care, and nurses’ perceptions of solutions to the barriers experienced in palliative care. Conclusions: This research recommends intervention models for palliative patient management to develop and change nurses’ attitudes, making them more caring and sincere when treating palliative patients.
AB - Background: Providing services to palliative patients with a chronic or terminal illness is a moral obligation. Moreover, palliative care is a patient’s right that must be provided by health workers and the community. Unfortunately, the implementation of palliative care services shows that most nurses still have insufficient knowledge and attitudes about palliative care. This study aims to explore the experiences of inpatient cancer and chemotherapy ward nurses in caring for palliative patients. Methods: This study employed a qualitative descriptive interpretive method and involved 11 participants from March to July 2022. The research subjects were inpatient cancer and chemotherapy ward nurses who cared for palliative patients or those with experience in treating palliative patients. Data were collected using focus group discussions (FGD) and analyzed using content analysis techniques. Results: This study identified three themes: nurses’ perceptions of palliative care, the obstacles experienced by nurses in palliative care, and nurses’ perceptions of solutions to the barriers experienced in palliative care. Conclusions: This research recommends intervention models for palliative patient management to develop and change nurses’ attitudes, making them more caring and sincere when treating palliative patients.
KW - nursing
KW - nursing responsibilities
KW - nursing role
KW - palliative care
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U2 - 10.5603/pmp.101072
DO - 10.5603/pmp.101072
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105007064328
SN - 2545-0425
VL - 19
SP - 116
EP - 124
JO - Palliative Medicine in Practice
JF - Palliative Medicine in Practice
IS - 2
ER -