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KMID : 0856920080110010030
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Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
2008 Volume.11 No. 1 p.30 ~ p.41
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Nurse’s Experience of Changing Role in the Hospice Unit of Medical Ward
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Kim Hyung-Joo
Choe Wha-Sook
Byun Jun-Hye
Ku Jeong-Il
Kim Su-Mi
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was designed to investigate various role changes of nurses who have cared both medical cases and hospice patients and what they experienced.
Methods: Focus group interviews were done 3 times and participants were 12 nurses who have worked in the hospice unit of medical ward.
Results: Role changes in 4 areas such as holistic care, end-of-life care, care fur rare givers, and coordination of hospice team were reported by the participants. What they felt were as follows : fear, confusion, maturation, increasingly labor, regret, accomplishment, sympathy and depression.
Conclusion: Although hospice care in general medical ward added extra tasks, it helped clinical nurses recover professional identity and led to growth of nursing by acquiring new knowledge and skill in hospice care.
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KEYWORD
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Nurse’s experience, Changing role, Hospice nurse
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