Purpose

To explore the sensitive nursing care provided by nurses who care for terminally-ill individuals with cancer.

Methods

In-depth interviews were conducted using Colaizzi's phenomenological approach. Participants were 16 hospice specialists and four non-specialist nurses with experience in caring for terminal cancer patients in hospice specialized institutions in South Korea.

Results

Eight theme clusters were drawn from the data and these clusters had two dimensions consisting of sensitive attitudes and sensitive nursing behaviors. The sensitive attitudes included reflecting on past experiences, developing an accepting attitude toward death, using intuition to address critical situations, and having an open mind regarding collaborating with colleagues. The sensitive nursing behaviors contained listening to patients' needs, responding to patients in a manner suitable to their conditions, quickly responding to patients’ problem, and providing a moment saying farewell.

Conclusions

Teamwork and role models can help hospice specialists and non-specialist nurses caring for terminally-ill individuals with cancer to improve the sensitive nursing care. The sensitive attitudes and behaviors can be used as basic data for training programs designed to enhance nurses’ sensitivity.

中文翻译：

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护士为癌症晚期患者提供“敏感护理”的经验：一项定性研究。

 目的

探索护理癌症末期患者的护士提供的敏感护理服务。

 方法

使用科莱齐的现象学方法进行了深入访谈。参与者包括 16 名临终关怀专家和 4 名在韩国临终关怀专门机构有护理晚期癌症患者经验的非专科护士。

 结果

从数据中提取出八个主题簇，这些主题簇具有敏感态度和敏感护理行为两个维度。敏感态度包括反思过去的经历、对死亡采取接受的态度、利用直觉来处理危急情况，以及对与同事合作持开放的态度。敏感的护理行为包括倾听病人的需求、以适合病人情况的方式回应病人、快速回应病人的问题、提供告别的时刻。

 结论

团队合作和榜样可以帮助护理癌症末期患者的临终关怀专家和非专业护士改善敏感的护理服务。敏感态度和行为可以作为提高护士敏感度培训项目的基础数据。