Advance Care Planning in Oncology Nursing: An Interpretive Description Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To explore oncology nursing advance care planning practices and understand how to better support nurses in conducting advance care planning with patients and their families.

Design

Qualitative interpretive descriptive methodology.

Methods

Semi-structured, individual telephone or Zoom interviews with 19 oncology nurses in a Western province of Canada between May and August 2022. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, de-identified, and analysed using inductive, thematic, and constant comparative techniques.

Results

Oncology nurses highlighted several factors affecting their ability to engage in advance care planning, including (1) uncertainties related to the nursing role in advance care planning, such as how and when a nurse ought to engage; (2) the e

SUBMITTER: Kilgour HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12460987 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature