Efforts to Improve Nursing Care for Chemotherapy Outpatients Based on Analysis of Nurses&apos
10.2185/jjrm.65.103
- VernacularTitle:当院外来化学療法における看護改善への取り組み
- Author:
Hiromi KONNO
;
Kaduko SAKAI
;
Hisayo WATANABE
;
Kozue TAKEUCHI
;
Fujiko IWASE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
2016;65(1):103-108
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
We have been working to improve nursing care for patients who are receiving chemotherapy by understanding the feelings of nurses who work in the chemotherapy outpatient unit. Previous efforts to understand the feeling of nurses involved with cancer chemotherapy revealed that they felt anxious about whether their care of chemotherapy patients was sufficient. To clarify their level of anxiety and difficulties faced, structured group interview analysis was conducted in the present study. Based on our findings, a number of nurses reported anxiety and psychological burden, which were classified into four categories: “Unclear how to interact with patients and their families”, “Mental burden of nurses”, “Anxiety handling anti-cancer agents”, and “Problems with human relations”. In particular, nurses were psychologically burdened by feeling unable to provide individual nursing care to patients and their families. The findings suggest that nurses should acquire professional expertise related not only to chemotherapy nursing itself but also to palliative care. A multipronged approach based on interprofessional collaboration is also needed to satisfy the individual requirements of patients who are receiving chemotherapy and their families.
