Development of Nursing Intervention Standards for Home Hospice Patients.
- Author:
Jin Sun YONG
1
;
Nam Cho KIM
;
Jin Hyeong KANG
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Catholic University of Korea, Korea. jyong@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Home hospice;
Nursing intervention standards
- MeSH:
Delphi Technique;
Home Care Services;
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing;
Hospice Care;
Hospices*;
Humans;
Nursing*
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
2006;18(1):102-114
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to develop a set of standardized nursing interventions and their associated nursing activities according to the NIC system to guide home care nurses in performing nursing intervention activities for hospice patients. METHOD: This study was a descriptive survey that first identified frequently used & specialized hospice nursing interventions based on the NIC systems and next validated a set of standardized nursing interventions and their associated nursing activities. One hundred chart records of home hospice patients were used to identify nursing interventions. Also, thirty-nine hospice specialized nurses participated twice using the Delphi technique to test the content validity of the standards. RESULTS: Among the nursing interventions, 19 important nursing interventions and 418 associated nursing activities were selected after two rounds of Delphi technique by hospice specialized nurses. The mean content validity of the final nursing activities was 0.82. In this paper, only the 3 most frequently used nursing interventions and 3 hospice specialized nursing interventions with their associated nursing activities are presented since space is limited. CONCLUSION: The nursing intervention standards will be a basis for home hospice nurses to improve quality of hospice care for hospice patients.
