Exploring nurses’ experiences in palliative care: a qualitative study in Indonesia
BACKGROUND: Providing services to palliative patients with a chronic or terminal illness is a moral obligation. Moreover, palliative care is a patient’s right that must be provided by health workers and the community. Unfortunately, the implementation of palliative care services shows that most nurs...
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| author | Jathu Dwi Wahyuni Setyowati Setyowati Krisna Yetti Dewi Gayatri Ati Surya Meidiawati Nurdahlia Nurdahlia |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Providing services to palliative patients with a chronic or terminal illness is a moral obligation. Moreover, palliative care is a patient’s right that must be provided by health workers and the community. Unfortunately, the implementation of palliative care services shows that most nurses still have insufficient knowledge and attitudes about palliative care. This study aims to explore the experiences of inpatient cancer and chemotherapy ward nurses in caring for palliative patients.
METHODS: This study employed a qualitative descriptive interpretive method and involved 11 participants from March to July 2022. The research subjects were inpatient cancer and chemotherapy ward nurses who cared for palliative patients or those with experience in treating palliative patients. Data were collected using focus group discussions (FGD) and analyzed using content analysis techniques.
RESULTS: This study identified three themes: nurses’ perceptions of palliative care, the obstacles experienced by nurses in palliative care, and nurses’ perceptions of solutions to the barriers experienced in palliative care.
CONCLUSIONS: This research recommends intervention models for palliative patient management to develop and change nurses’ attitudes, making them more caring and sincere when treating palliative patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-45f58f33d6c54343a092a0087d7da26d2025-08-20T14:37:55ZengVia MedicaPalliative Medicine in Practice2545-04252545-13592025-01-0119210.5603/pmp.101072Exploring nurses’ experiences in palliative care: a qualitative study in IndonesiaJathu Dwi Wahyuni0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1221-6258Setyowati Setyowati1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4930-9928Krisna Yetti2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7614-632XDewi Gayatri3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1477-0033Ati Surya Meidiawati4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3071-902XNurdahlia Nurdahlia5https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2912-898XFaculty of Nursing, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, West Java, IndonesiaFaculty of Nursing, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, West Java, IndonesiaFaculty of Nursing, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, West Java, IndonesiaFaculty of Nursing, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, West Java, IndonesiaFaculty of Nursing, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java, IndonesiaPoliteknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Jakarta III, Bekasi, IndonesiaBACKGROUND: Providing services to palliative patients with a chronic or terminal illness is a moral obligation. Moreover, palliative care is a patient’s right that must be provided by health workers and the community. Unfortunately, the implementation of palliative care services shows that most nurses still have insufficient knowledge and attitudes about palliative care. This study aims to explore the experiences of inpatient cancer and chemotherapy ward nurses in caring for palliative patients. METHODS: This study employed a qualitative descriptive interpretive method and involved 11 participants from March to July 2022. The research subjects were inpatient cancer and chemotherapy ward nurses who cared for palliative patients or those with experience in treating palliative patients. Data were collected using focus group discussions (FGD) and analyzed using content analysis techniques. RESULTS: This study identified three themes: nurses’ perceptions of palliative care, the obstacles experienced by nurses in palliative care, and nurses’ perceptions of solutions to the barriers experienced in palliative care. CONCLUSIONS: This research recommends intervention models for palliative patient management to develop and change nurses’ attitudes, making them more caring and sincere when treating palliative patients.https://journals.viamedica.pl/palliative_medicine_in_practice/article/view/101072nursingpalliative carenursing rolenursing responsibilities |
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| title | Exploring nurses’ experiences in palliative care: a qualitative study in Indonesia |
| title_full | Exploring nurses’ experiences in palliative care: a qualitative study in Indonesia |
| title_fullStr | Exploring nurses’ experiences in palliative care: a qualitative study in Indonesia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring nurses’ experiences in palliative care: a qualitative study in Indonesia |
| title_short | Exploring nurses’ experiences in palliative care: a qualitative study in Indonesia |
| title_sort | exploring nurses experiences in palliative care a qualitative study in indonesia |
| topic | nursing palliative care nursing role nursing responsibilities |
| url | https://journals.viamedica.pl/palliative_medicine_in_practice/article/view/101072 |
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