Nurses' and Care Workers' Role in Caring for the Dying on Wards for Recuperation under Health Insurance
10.2512/jspm.11.311
- VernacularTitle:医療型療養病床での看取りにおける看護師・介護福祉士の役割
- Author:
Chiharu Watanabe
;
Naoki Kuriwada
;
Chieko Hosogai
;
Yukie Ishioka
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
wards for recuperation under health insurance;
nurses;
care workers;
caring for the dying
- From:Palliative Care Research
2016;11(1):311-315
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To determine nurses’ and care workers’ role in caring for the dying on wards for recuperation under health insurance. Methods: The analysis was performed using semi-structured interviews involving 9 nurses and care workers working on wards for recuperation under health insurance and having experience of caring for dying patients. Results: As for nurses’ roles in caring for dying patients, 6 categories were extracted, including ‘support patients’ families to have a feeling that they were fully involved in the process of dying’. As for care workers’ roles in caring for dying patients, 5 categories were extracted, including ‘support nurse through the care worker activities’. Conclusion: In order to provide quality care for the dying, it is important to put the following points into practice: providing feedback and seculity on effects of daily life support, the provision of opportunities to enhance the independence of the care worker.
