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Living with death and dying: the experience of Taiwanese hospice nurses.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Wu, Hung-Lan Volker, Deborah Lowe
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore and describe the experiences of Taiwanese nurses who care for dying patients in hospices, a relatively recent healthcare option in Taiwan. RESEARCH APPROACH Qualitative, hermeneutic, phenomenologic approach. SETTING Six hospices in central and southern Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS 14 Taiwanese hospice nurses. METHODOLOGIC APPROACH Interviews were audiotaped and analyzed with Colaizzi's guidelines. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES Caregiving experiences of Taiwanese hospice nurses. FINDINGS Four main themes emerged from the analysis: entering the hospice specialty, managing everyday work, living with the challenges, and reaping the rewards. Three subthemes of managing everyday work were providing holistic, meaningful care through close relationships; confronting and managing negative beliefs about hospice; and managing the dying process. CONCLUSIONS The fundamental structure of the caregiving experiences of Taiwanese hospice nurses is a dynamic, multidimensional process that evolved over time. The hospice nurses demonstrated how they achieved balance in their daily nursing practice within the Taiwanese cultural context. INTERPRETATION Improved end-of-life education for the Taiwanese public, nurses, and other healthcare professionals that includes hospice concepts is needed. Administrators should provide adequate support to encourage and empower their nursing staff in hospice settings.
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Page Count	20
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://onf.ons.org/file/4598/download
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PubMed reference number	19726398v1
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1188/09.ONF.578-584
DOI	10.1188/09.onf.578-584
Journal	Oncology nursing forum
Volume Number	36
Issue Number	5
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Cessation of life Dying Process Experience Patients Rewards hospice environment
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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