Nursing students' experiences with encountering dying patients
Kangas, Kaisa; Rautiainen, Sanni (2019)
Kangas, Kaisa
Rautiainen, Sanni
2019
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Death is a natural part of life and something that nurses deal with at some point in their
careers. Some nurses have their first experience with caring for a dying patient while still in nursing school, some graduate with little to almost no actual experience with it. What experiences nursing students have with dying patients is a topic that needs to be studied as there is a great deal to consider in the care of a dying patient. For example, when a patient is dying, their needs, beliefs and wishes should be considered, but one also must take their family and loved ones into consideration. For a student nurse all this might be something new. What to say? What to do? However, as everyone is different, for some students the whole experience can be more familiar, perhaps, because of their previous career, having lost a loved one or other experiences.
The aim of this study was to examine nursing students’ experiences with dying patients.
The purpose was to provide information that could help to develop nursing programmes. A literature review was conducted, and the articles used in the study came from a free database that was accessible through JAMK.
According to the results, taking care of a dying patient is often a scary experience that
awakens many different emotions. Therefore, nursing students might feel that they need
more practical training in order to feel comfortable in taking care of dying patients. In most
cases, the students feel that they have acquired insufficient practical experience from their
studies with taking care of a dying patient. The conclusions and findings of this literature
review provide a perspective on nursing students’ experiences from international sources.
The results can help develop the curriculum of current nursing studies.
careers. Some nurses have their first experience with caring for a dying patient while still in nursing school, some graduate with little to almost no actual experience with it. What experiences nursing students have with dying patients is a topic that needs to be studied as there is a great deal to consider in the care of a dying patient. For example, when a patient is dying, their needs, beliefs and wishes should be considered, but one also must take their family and loved ones into consideration. For a student nurse all this might be something new. What to say? What to do? However, as everyone is different, for some students the whole experience can be more familiar, perhaps, because of their previous career, having lost a loved one or other experiences.
The aim of this study was to examine nursing students’ experiences with dying patients.
The purpose was to provide information that could help to develop nursing programmes. A literature review was conducted, and the articles used in the study came from a free database that was accessible through JAMK.
According to the results, taking care of a dying patient is often a scary experience that
awakens many different emotions. Therefore, nursing students might feel that they need
more practical training in order to feel comfortable in taking care of dying patients. In most
cases, the students feel that they have acquired insufficient practical experience from their
studies with taking care of a dying patient. The conclusions and findings of this literature
review provide a perspective on nursing students’ experiences from international sources.
The results can help develop the curriculum of current nursing studies.