A caring relationship with people who have cancer

Iranmanesh, Sedigheh; Axelsson, Karin; Sävenstedt, Stefan; Häggström, Terttu

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.04992.x

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“…Being involved in close relationships may be challenging as well as mutually beneficial, and requires that nurses are present, listen actively, and are compassionate (Iranmanesh et al, 2009). Nurses in our study described that it was a privilege to be let in and involved in the patient's life, and, as Iranmanesh et al (2009) describe, it also provided a new insight into the nurses' own lives. It was also a privilege to have access to so many life stories, which, according to Taylor (1997), provides entrees into patients' life histories.…”

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confidence: 65%

Existential encounters: Nurses' descriptions of critical incidents in end-of-life cancer care

Browall

Henoch

Melin‐Johansson

et al. 2014

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

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a b s t r a c tNurses working with cancer patients in end of life care need to be prepared to encounter patients' psychosocial and spiritual distress. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe nurses' experiences of existential situations when caring for patients severely affected by cancer. Methods and sample: Nurses (registered and enrolled) from three urban in-patient hospices, an oncology clinic and a surgery clinic and a palliative homecare team were, prior to the start of a training program, invited to write down their experiences of a critical incident (CI), in which existential issues were featured. Results: Eighty-eight CIs were written by 83 nurses. The CIs were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Two main themes were found: Encounters with existential pain experiences, which concerned facing death and facing losses; and Encountering experiences of hope, which concerned balancing honesty, and desire to live. Conclusions: This study points out that health care professionals need to be aware of patients' feelings of abandonment in exposed situations such as patients' feelings of existential loneliness. That there are some patients that express a desire to die and this makes the nurses feel uncomfortable and difficult to confront these occurrences and its therefore important to listen to patients' stories, regardless of care organization, in order to gain access to patients' inner existential needs.

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confidence: 65%

Existential encounters: Nurses' descriptions of critical incidents in end-of-life cancer care

Browall

Henoch

Melin‐Johansson

et al. 2014

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

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“…Para ello, es necesario que integren aspectos psicológicos y espirituales en su cuidado, con el apoyo de su equipo (16,27). Sin embargo, Wenzel sostiene que no siempre están las condiciones de apoyo suficientes, y que en algunas oportunidades se sienten solas (21).…”

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Revealing the Meaning of the Mourning Process of Pediatric Nurses Facing the Death of Cancer Patients

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Objetivo: develar el significado del duelo en enfermeras(os) que enfrentaron la muerte de niños con cáncer. La muerte de un niño(a) por cáncer genera un gran impacto en el equipo de enfermería, lo que produce impotencia, frustración y pena, que pueden llegar a causar Burnout. Método: se utilizó la investigación cualitativa fenomenológica basada en Husserl; se recogió la experiencia de diez enfermeras(o) oncológicas(os) pediátricas que enfrentaron la muerte de pacientes con cáncer bajo su cuidado. Los datos se obtuvieron de junio a noviembre del 2011 con entrevistas en profundidad grabadas y transcritas literalmente. El análisis fenomenológico se realizó según el método de Streubert. Resultado: los testimonios entregados develaron tres unidades de significado: las enfermeras vivencian la muerte de un paciente a través del transitar entre su propia forma de enfrentar la muerte y el cuidado profesional que otorgan. Con ello aparece un aprendizaje de vida dado por la comprensión de lo que es trabajar en oncología y los vínculos que establece en este ámbito. Esto permite desarrollar un cuidado con un sello particular. Conclusión: el estudio concluye que las enfermeras experimentan el duelo como un proceso dinámico al que atribuyen sentido a través de la entrega de un cuidado amoroso.

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“…Another study conducted in Iran showed that establishing a close care relationship with the cancer patient and his relatives is the basis of care. A reflective approach should be adopted in training oncology department nurses so as to help them develop their nursing care skills [17]. According to a study conducted in Iran, cancer patients are unable to live the way they used to live before the incidence of cancer, which is partly due to family, social and emotional problems among the many other problems they face and which reduce their quality of life.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The results of some studies have shown that the implementation of an educational program can generate a positive attitude in nursing students as future nurses. Researchers emphasize the importance of adding palliative care training to nursing curricula in Iran as a means of improving the quality of end-of-life care [17].…”

Section: Research-based Evidence As Assumptions In Palliative Care Trmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A one-day conference on palliative and supportive care for cancer patients of various age groups held at Mofid hospital in September In recent years, nursing researchers have conducted a number of studies on palliative care and published them in national and international journals, which indicates the growing interest of Iranian nurses in the subject of palliative care [5][6][7][8]13,16,17,19,20,22,26]. These studies have addressed and identified many of the challenges and barriers against palliative care education and can therefore be used in resolving the existing problems and improving nursing education programs in palliative care.…”

Section: Recent Nursing Activities In the Area Of Palliative Care In mentioning

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Nursing Education in Palliative Care in Iran

Rassouli¹,

Mojen²

2015

J Palliat Care Med

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Palliative care is a holistic approach concerned with the physical, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions of the patients and their families. Healthcare providers should receive special training in order to be able to provide optimal palliative care. Given the increasing prevalence of incurable diseases requiring palliative care across the world, training nurses to provide palliative care to patients is a global priority. Nurses constitute one of the main pillars of a palliative care team. Given its relatively long history of training nurses at different levels, palliative care training is still at its infancy in Iran. The present study was conducted to assess the status of nursing education in palliative care in Iran and attempts to also describe the challenges and barriers against teaching palliative care and the activities and achievements of recent years in this area. Despite the slow progress of palliative care in nursing, the recent measures taken provide a promising outlook for nursing education in palliative care in Iran.

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A caring relationship with people who have cancer

Cited by 26 publications

References 38 publications

Existential encounters: Nurses' descriptions of critical incidents in end-of-life cancer care

Existential encounters: Nurses' descriptions of critical incidents in end-of-life cancer care

Revealing the Meaning of the Mourning Process of Pediatric Nurses Facing the Death of Cancer Patients

Nursing Education in Palliative Care in Iran

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