Palliativ vård i livets slutskede : En allmän litteraturöversikt av sjuksköterskors erfarenheter

Sammanfattning: Background: Palliative end-of-life care is initiated when patients suffer from incurable diseases that capsizes patients’ existence. Palliative end-of-life care focuses on symptom relief and alleviating patients’ suffering because of death being inevitable at this stage. It is crucial to view every patient as its own unique individual, regardless patients who receive end of life care have the tendency to experience the loss of autonomy and perceive that they are being treated differently. Relatives’ participation is crucial and of great importance for patients receiving end-of-life care. Nevertheless, relatives feel that nurses deprioritize them. Aim: To describe nurses’ experiences of palliative end-of-life care. Method: A general literature review. Eight qualitative articles and four quantitative articles were analyzed. Results: Four themes were identified from the analyzed articles concerning nurses’ experiences; inadequate knowledge, inadequate communication, the significance cooperation, and emotional impact. Conclusion: There is an increased need for education of palliative end-of-life care in nursing school. This in order to enable nurses to provide an adequate and person-centered care to patients in end-of-life care, while considering patients’ integrity and safety. The significance of cooperation acknowledges that distinct cooperation among the workgroup can increase the quality of care concurrent to supporting with nurses’ emotional impacts.