Support given by nurses to the dying patient and his family at home: A Literature review
Mwangi, Perpetua Muthoni; Mburu, Racheal Wangui (2011)
Mwangi, Perpetua Muthoni
Mburu, Racheal Wangui
Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu
2011
All rights reserved
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201105066595
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201105066595
Tiivistelmä
The purpose of this review was to illustrate how current literature has described the support that nurses provide to the dying patient at home as well as his family. The research question in this study was: how do the nurses provide support to the dying patient and his family at home. The thesis was carried out under the safe home project of the Laurea HANKE forum.
The review specifically describes nursing support to the dying patient and his family. The method applied in the study was systematic literature review. The literature search was based on previously published studies, which included; current articles, journals and web articles. The data was selected from literature search by their relevance to the research task, and analyzed through inductive qualitative content analysis.
The findings showed the different ways the nurses with the help of other professionals support the dying patient at home. The findings revealed how nursing support extends to the relatives of the dying patient. It described the different ways that the nurses work with the relatives or the informal care giver and other healthcare providers in ensuring a safe and dignified death at home. It was estab-lished that after deciding the location of death of a patient it is the nurses’ role to see the patient through to the final moment of the process of death.
The findings also described in detail the type of support that the nurses offer to the dying patient and how it leads to a dignified comfortable death for the said patient, in the following areas: Nurses’ involvement in location if death, which included nurses’ influence on family dynamics and the presence and availability of nurses; Nurses’ facilitation of care where advocacy of nurses to patient and provision of safety by nurses was discussed; Managing nursing care under which was discussed nurses as caretakers and care coordinators as well as nurses empowering the families of dying patients and the final section, nursing support at the end of life within which relieving the symptoms of the dying patient and providing a dignified and comfortable death were discussed.
Nursing care is an integral part of home care for the dying patient, the support offered by the nurses ensures that the patient at home is cared for just as those in other institutions.
The review specifically describes nursing support to the dying patient and his family. The method applied in the study was systematic literature review. The literature search was based on previously published studies, which included; current articles, journals and web articles. The data was selected from literature search by their relevance to the research task, and analyzed through inductive qualitative content analysis.
The findings showed the different ways the nurses with the help of other professionals support the dying patient at home. The findings revealed how nursing support extends to the relatives of the dying patient. It described the different ways that the nurses work with the relatives or the informal care giver and other healthcare providers in ensuring a safe and dignified death at home. It was estab-lished that after deciding the location of death of a patient it is the nurses’ role to see the patient through to the final moment of the process of death.
The findings also described in detail the type of support that the nurses offer to the dying patient and how it leads to a dignified comfortable death for the said patient, in the following areas: Nurses’ involvement in location if death, which included nurses’ influence on family dynamics and the presence and availability of nurses; Nurses’ facilitation of care where advocacy of nurses to patient and provision of safety by nurses was discussed; Managing nursing care under which was discussed nurses as caretakers and care coordinators as well as nurses empowering the families of dying patients and the final section, nursing support at the end of life within which relieving the symptoms of the dying patient and providing a dignified and comfortable death were discussed.
Nursing care is an integral part of home care for the dying patient, the support offered by the nurses ensures that the patient at home is cared for just as those in other institutions.