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- Title
Nursing interventions to promote dignified dying in South Korea.
- Authors
Kae-Hwa Jo; Doorenbos, Ardith Z.; Ki-Wol Sung; Hong, Elizabeth; Rue, Tessa; Coenen, Amy
- Abstract
Purpose: This descriptive study aimed to assess the appropriateness of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) catalogue Palliative Care for Dignified Dying for palliative care nursing interventions in South Korea. Methods: The study surveyed 213 SouthKorean nurses who might regularly care for dying patients. Nurses were recruited to complete a survey that included interventions from the ICNP catalogue listed with Likert response sets. Findings: All of the interventions were scored as being at least 'slightly important' on average. The following three nursing interventions were ranked as most important when caring for dying patients: establish trust, establish rapport, and administer pain medication. Conclusions: The study provides new insights into the palliative care provided in South Korea by documenting nurses' views of what are the most important palliative care nursing interventions. It also suggests that the palliative care interventions listed in the ICNP catalogue Palliative Care for Dignified Dying are in congruence with the interventions that nurses in South Korea use.
- Publication
International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 8, p392
- ISSN
1357-6321
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.12968/ijpn.2011.17.8.392