ArticleGlobal advances in health and medicine2020
Difficulties Perceived by ICU Nurses Providing End-of-Life Care: A Qualitative Study.
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- Challenges faced by nurses and their stress of conscience levels in providing palliative care: a cross-sectional descriptive study.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- The Psychological Impact of Dealing with Death and the Risk of Dying Among Nurses Working in ICU and NICU: Specificities in Mediating and Moderating Variables.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Experiences of intensive care unit nurses in end-of-life care at Ho Teaching Hospital, Ghana: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- The quality of nursing care in dying children from the nurses' point of view in Iran: A cross-sectional study.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Barriers in providing quality end-of-life care as perceived by nurses working in critical care units: an integrative review.BMC palliative care · 2024Review
- Intensive Care Unit Nurses' Experiences in Caring for End-of-Life Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Care of patients undergoing withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments: an ICU nurse perspective.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Barriers and facilitators in the provision of palliative care in adult intensive care units: a scoping review.Acute and critical care · 2022Article
- Critical care nurses' knowledge and attitudes and their perspectives toward promoting advance directives and end-of-life care.BMC nursing · 2022Article
- Defining a Good Death in the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review.Indian journal of palliative careReview
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Abstract
backgroundWith advances in medicine and technology, intensive care units (ICUs) have the capacity to treat patients who would have previously not been expected to survive and would therefore not have been managed in ICUs. When an individual is not expected to survive, doctors and nurses face the modern ethical dilemma of death associated with withdrawal of life-supporting strategies. The aim of this study was to identify difficulties perceived by ICU nurses providing end-of-life care (EOLC) in Poland.
methodsThe qualitative study was designed to investigate the difficulties, and the related barriers, to EOLC provided in ICUs in Poland. We conducted individual telephone interviews with ICU nurses from across Poland.
resultsThe main issues raised during the interviews included (1) barriers attributable to the hospital, (2) barriers related to the patient's family, and (3) barriers related to the ICU personnel providing direct EOLC. The interviewed nurses considered the lack of support from managers to be the main barrier. We found that ICU nurses in Poland dealt with end-of-life aspects that were emotionally and psychologically taxing. In addition, they lacked specialized training in this area, especially with regard to family care and care provision.
conclusionsA pressing need exists to improve facilities and make equipment ensuring a desirable standard of care more available. Specialized palliative care training programs should be incorporated into compulsory nursing curricula for ICU nurses.
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