Aim : The objective of this study was to describe the experiences and practices of nurses who provide palliative and end-of-life care to oncology patients, to determine the difficulties they encounter in this regard, and to determine how they cope with it. Method: Data were collected between December 10 and 27, 2022, at a hospital’s palliative care clinic. The descriptive phenomenological approach, which is a qualitative research method, was used in this study. The sample of the study consisted of 12 nurses who provided palliative and end-of-life care to oncology patients in a city hospital. The research data were collected with the nurse descriptive form and a semi-structured interview form. Descriptive statistics and the thematic content analysis method were used in the analysis of the data. Results: The themes that emerged as a result of the interviews with nurses who provided palliative and end-of-life care to oncology patients in palliative units were “various learning experiences,” “responsibilities in caregiving,” “nursing care practices,” “personal motivation sources for nurses,” “difficulties,” and “experience in coping with difficulties.” Conclusion: In this study, it was determined that nurses who provide palliative and end-of-life care to oncology patients are exposed to some difficulties as a result of their professional experience, that, in addition, they had various learning experiences, and that their coping skills were team cohesion and training. In line with the results of the study, it is recommended to structure palliative in-service training after graduation, to arrange for palliative care centers, and to consider the problems experienced in determining the needs.
Önemli bir halk sağlığı sorunu olan kist hidatik, toplumda sık görülmekle birlikte çoğunlukla asemptomatik seyredebilmektedir. Yayılım gösterdiği organlar içinde rüptür olduğunda, hayatı ciddi bir şekilde tehdit etmekte ve ani solunum yetmezliği ile hastanın ölümüne neden olabilmektedir. Acil klinikte kist hidatik rüptürüne az rastlanmakta ve bu nedenle hastalar gözden kaçabilmektedir. Bu olguda, hasta perde asarken merdivenden kafatası üzerine düşme ile acil kliniğe başvurmuştur. Ön frontalde şişlik ve ödem şikâyeti olan hastanın takibinde anaflaktik şok bulguları gelişmiştir. Yapılan tetkik (tam kan, biyokimya, beyin ve toraks bilgisayarlı tomografi, akciğer grafisi) ve fizik muayeneler sonucunda hasta kist hidatik rüptürü tanısı almıştır. Bu olgu sunumu, acil kliniğe başvuran hastada geliş şikayetinden farklı bir semptom görülebileceğini ve travmanın nelere yol açabileceğini vurgulamayı amaçlar. Acil kliniğe başvuran hastanın şikayeti ne olursa olsun iyi bir fiziksel değerlendirme ve gözlemleme acil hemşiresinin görevlerindendir. Acil hemşiresi hastadaki semptomları yakından takip etmeli ve değişikleri hemen fark edebilmelidir.
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