Stuart, P. (2022) How do hospital nurses experience end-of-life care provision? A creative phenomenological approach. British Journal of Nursing. 31(19), pp. 997-1002. 0966-0461.
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| Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Current evidence suggests hospital nurses end-of-life care is complex due to the conflicting tasks of treatment focused care against palliation which needs further exploration. AIM: To understand hospital nurses’ experiences of end-of-life care. METHOD: Interpretive phenomenology was used to explore 10 hospital nurses’ experiences. FINDINGS: Nurses’ individual experience of death informed their attitudes to death. The dominant attitude was death-as-calm, accompanied by human connection, and death-as-process. To continue providing end-of-life care the nurses successfully protected their authentic-self through three processes; professional-identity; defence-of-self and being-someone-else. The nurses found the unpredictable nature of hospital end-of-life care difficult but used a collaborative power to manage situations. CONCLUSION: This study suggests the hospital nurses effectively managed the tensions between treatment and palliation. To enable this the nurses successfully protect their authentic self and continue providing end-of-life care, but clinical areas need to take appropriate measure to mitigate against the effects of providing end-of-life care. The negotiated power the nurses utilised when providing end-of-life care should be recognised and developed. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | end of life care, Nursing Staff, Hospital, palliative care, Leadership, End-of-life care, Hospital nurses, Hospice Care, Humans, Palliative Care, Knowledge, Empowerment, Hospitals, Palliative care, Terminal Care, Qualitative Research, Protection |
| Creators: | Stuart, Peter |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: | Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Nursing |
| Date: | 28 October 2022 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Page Range: | pp. 997-1002 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Nursing |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Number: | 19 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2022.31.19.997 |
| ISSN: | 0966-0461 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/17811 |
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