Nurses' decision-making about cancer patients' end-of-life skin care in Wales: an exploratory mixed-method vignette study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients with cancer are at high risk of developing pressure ulcers at the end of life as a result of their underlying condition or cancer treatment. There are many guidelines which set out best practice with regard to end-of-life skin care. However, the complexity of palliative cancer care often means that it is challenging for nurses to make the appropriate person-centred decisions about end-of-life skin care. This study seeks to explore the perceived importance that nurses place on different factors in their end-of-life skin care for patients with cancer. The utility, face validity and content validity of a prototype decision-making tool for end-of-life skin care will also be evaluated.

Methods and analysis

A mixed-method design will be used to gather data fr

SUBMITTER: Samuriwo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7337620 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature