Engelsk titel: Nurses’ experiences of deaths in nursing homes and their coping strategies
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Författare:
Uwizera, Ariane
;
Redzovic, Skender
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 38
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 18120082
Sammanfattning
Background: In Norway the elderly population is increasing and
greater numbers of elderly people need 24-hour nursing home
care. Death in the nursing home setting is the theme of this study.
How do nurses experience and cope with their patients` death?
Are there follow-up routines for the nurses after patient deaths?
Methods: Using a qualitative approach five individual semi-structured
interviews were conducted with nurses, in three nursing
homes. The material was analysed using Systematic Text Condensation
(STC).
Results: Nurses experience of patient deaths was that it was
demanding; they felt sad but sometimes relieved when a patient
had suffered. The nurses said that their own relationship with
a patient had significance at the time of death. They reported
negative feelings when patients had an undignified death. Limited
staffing, part-time work and the use of unqualified staff exacerbated
the stress and burden of patient deaths. The nurses said
that their accumulated experience and self-care were their main
coping resources. Despite a clear need for follow-up procedures,
no nursing home had provided these.
Conclusion: Patient deaths in nursing homes are a challenging
feature of work in nursing home settings. They contribute
to physical and mental strain. Nurses´ workloads, design and
implementation of follow-up procedures and the staffing situation
in general are important issues that should be addressed