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- Title
Providing Grief Resolution as an Oncology Nurse Retention Strategy.
- Authors
Hildebrandt, Lori
- Abstract
Oncology nurses play a pivotal role in optimizing care provided to patients at the end of life (EOL). Although oncology nurses commonly provide EOL care and witness deaths of patients that they have maintained long-standing relationships with, they are frequently excluded from grief resolution endeavors. With a worldwide shortage of oncology nurses, retention is paramount to ensuring that the care patients with cancer receive is not jeopardized. Various strategies were identified to resolve grief and increase nurse retention, including creating supportive work environments, debriefing with colleagues, providing EOL and grief education, and altering patient care assignments. Future research on emerging technologies and their effects on oncology nurse coping and retention strategies also was suggested.
- Subjects
NURSE retention; PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout prevention; ONCOLOGY nursing; PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; CANCER patients; CINAHL database; DEATH; GRIEF; HOSPITAL wards; MEDLINE; NURSE-patient relationships; NURSES; NURSING practice; NURSING services administration; ONLINE information services; PERSONNEL management; TERMINAL care; TERMINALLY ill; WORK environment; EMPLOYEES' workload; SYSTEMATIC reviews; EMPLOYEE retention; OCCUPATIONAL roles; SOCIAL support; CONTINUING education units; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2012, Vol 16, Issue 6, p601
- ISSN
1092-1095
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1188/12.CJON.601-606