Nurse Clinician’s Experience of Inpatient’s Death
AUTHORS
Yeon-ja Kim,Dept. of Nursing, Dongseo University 47011 Dongseo University, Dept. Nursing, 47, Jurye-ro, Sasang-gu, Busan, Korea
Kyung Hwa Jung,Dept. of Nursing, Tae gu Science University 41453 Tae gu Science University, Dept. Nursing, 47, Youngsong-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu, Korea
ABSTRACT
This study was attempted to identify nurse clinician’s awareness of inpatient’s death. In-depth interview was carried out in fifteen (15) nurses in active service who were willing to participate in the study after convenience sampling and then data were investigated. Data analysis was carried out with the method provided by Colaizzi (1978), among phenomenological methods. As a result, 17 themes and 4 categories were drawn from 119 meaning constructs. The findings from this study are expected to be useful for helping to understand the experience of nurses and patients who are in the process of death and preparing a strategy for effective terminal care by increasing nurse clinician’s awareness of inpatient’s death.
KEYWORDS
nurse clinician, inpatient’s death, phenomenological methods.
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