ArticleOncology nursing forum2017
Nursing Support of Home Hospice Caregivers on the Day of Patient Death.
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- Balancing Work and Hospice Caregiving-A Closer Look at Burden, Preparedness, and Mental Health.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2022Article
- Hospice nurse identification of comfortable and difficult discussion topics: Associations among self-perceived communication effectiveness, nursing stress, life events, and burnout.Patient education and counseling · 2019Article
- Addressing cancer patient and caregiver role transitions during home hospice nursing care.Palliative & supportive care · 2019Article
- Using Social Network Analysis to Investigate Positive EOL Communication.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2018Article
- Positive emotion communication: Fostering well-being at end of life.Patient education and counseling · 2018Observational
- Communication among cancer patients, caregivers, and hospice nurses: Content, process and change over time.Patient education and counseling · 2018Observational
- Caregiver, patient, and nurse visit communication patterns in cancer home hospice.Psycho-oncology · 2017Article
- Measuring Communication Similarity Between Hospice Nurses and Cancer Caregivers Using Latent Semantic Analysis.Cancer nursingArticle
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Abstract
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objectivesTo describe nurse-caregiver communication on the day of patient death. .
designA descriptive secondary analysis of 44 audio-recorded home hospice nursing visits on day of death. .
settingNine hospices in Utah, Oregon, and Massachusetts. . SAMPLE: 42 caregiver-patient dyads, 27 hospice nurses. .
methodsTranscripts of audio recordings were coded for supportive nursing communication and relative time spent in physical, psychosocial, and spiritual discussion. . MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES: Tangible, emotional, informational, esteem, and networking supportive communication; nurses' self-reported communication effectiveness; caregiver religious affiliation. .
findingsNurses reported that their communication skills were less effective when discussing difficult topics as compared to their overall communication effectiveness. Eleven patients died before the nursing visit, 3 died during the visit, and 30 died post-visit. Nurses primarily engaged in discussions facilitating caregiver emotional, tangible, and informational support. More informational support was observed when patient death occurred during the nursing visit. Time spent in general conversation showed that physical care conversations predominated (80% of the average overall amount of conversation time), compared to lifestyle/psychosocial discussions (14%) and spiritual discussions (6%). Spiritual discussions were observed in only 7 of 44 hospice visits. Spiritual discussions, although short and infrequent, were significantly longer, on average, for caregivers without a religious affiliation. .
conclusionsNurses support caregivers on the day of patient death using multiple supportive communication strategies. Spiritual discussions are minimal. . IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Communication skills programs can potentially increase self-reported communication effectiveness. Emerging acute spiritual concerns, particularly for caregivers without a previous religious affiliation, should be anticipated. Spiritual support is included in the hospice model of holistic care.
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