TFG - Grado en Enfermería - Curso 2023-2024
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- Nurses attitude toward the death of palliative care patients(2024) Miranda-Martínez, C. (Carmen); Pereira-Sánchez, M. (Miriam)Introduction: Palliative care, which is crucial for improving the quality of life for patients facing life-threatening illnesses, often faces confusion among healthcare professionals. Nurses, who play a pivotal role in delivering palliative care, often exhibit knowledge gaps and less favorable attitudes towards end-of-life care. Understanding their attitudes towards death is essential for enhancing patient care. Objective: The aim of this review is to examine nurses’ attitude towards the death of palliative care patients and the factors that influence it. Methodology: This systematic review of the literature performed its search in three databases (PubMed, PsychInfo and CINHAL). With terms like “Nurses”, “Attitude”, “Palliative care” and “Death” it elected 483 articles from 2018-2023, the number was reduced to 10 final articles. Results: Nurses’ attitude toward death have an impact on the dying patient care and on themselves. Three main factors were found to influence nurses’ attitude toward death: education, nursing experience and age and meaning in life and religion. Conclusion: Addressing nurses' attitudes towards death is crucial for enhancing the quality of palliative care and ensuring the well-being of both patients and nursing staff, it should continue to be studied.
- Nursing interventions in palliative care aimed to improve the quality of life of pediatric patients: a literature review(2024) Neumann-Medina, V. (Verónica); Martín-Martín, J. (Jesús); Villanueva-Lumbreras, A. (Amaya)Introduction: Quality of life is a crucial aspect of Palliative Care. It covers all dimensions of the living experience. Children, despite their age or cognitive capacity experience it as well. When caring for a child with advanced disease or that is dying nurses should know the tools and interventions available to act onto said child’s Quality of life in a holistic way. Aim: This review aims to be a compendium and implementation guide for nurses of the latest nursing interventions in this topic. Methodology: This was achieved by doing a literature review in three databases to collect all the nursing interventions that focused on this topic during the last decade. Results: Nine published studies were included. Interventions were analyzed on their format, availability based on the location of care and its estimated duration, the outcomes and domains they worked on and with which instruments, the person communicating with the healthcare team in the intervention, and the demonstrated significance plus the reported satisfaction with them. Conclusion: This revision contains interventions that act on physical, psychological, and social needs, give voice to children in palliative care, and facilitate home based palliative care.
- Palliative care in the neonatal intensive care unit(2024) Salgado-Asensio, N. (Nadine); Martín-Martín, J. (Jesús); Villanueva-Lumbreras, A. (Amaya)Introduction: Technological advances have led to an increasing number of newborns surviving in cases that were previously considered unviable, but there is still a lack of information on the care provided in the NICU. It is crucial to provide adequate neonatal palliative care, focusing on both the neonate and the family. Objective: To analyze methods and interventions used in the NICU to provide palliative care to neonates and families. Methodology: A literature review was carried out in PubMed, CINAHL and PsycINFO databases. 10 articles were considered. Results: Four categories identified: 1. Organization in the NICU, 2. Communication with families, 3. Involvement of families in the decision-making process, 4. Palliative care interventions in the NICU. Conclusion: This review shows how palliative care is provided in the NICU, considering aspects of daily practice. By highlighting the importance of professional-family relationships, communication and decision-making strategies are identified.