The experiences of clinical nurses coping with patient death in the context of rising hospital deaths in China: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chinese clinical nurses are increasingly confronting patient death, as the proportion of hospital deaths is growing. Witnessing patient suffering and death is stressful, and failure to cope with this challenge may result in decreased well-being of nurses and impediment of the provision of "good death" care for patients and their families. To our knowledge, few studies have specifically explored clinical nurses' experiences coping with patient death in mainland China.  OBJECTIVE: We aimed to explore nurses' experiences coping with patient death in China in order to support frontline clinical nurses effectively and guide the government in improving hospice care policy.

Methods

Clinical nurses were recruited using purposive and snowball sampling between June 2020 and

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9494800 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature