Psychosocial and emotional management of work experience in palliative care nurses: A qualitative exploration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Palliative care, a crucial aspect of healthcare, faces challenges in psychosocial and emotional management among nurses. With an increasing need for palliative services globally, addressing the emotional well-being of nurses becomes pivotal.

Aim

To explore nurses' psychosocial and emotional work experiences in a palliative care department. The focus is on understanding the challenges, identifying coping strategies, and assessing the impact on professional and private life when facing those experiences.

Methods

A phenomenologic-hermeneutical study involving semi-structured interviews was conducted to comprehend the lived experiences of ten nurses working in a hospital's palliative care department in Spain. Hermeneutic analysis was employed to extract pattern

SUBMITTER: Espejo-Fernandez V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11741912 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature