Nurses’ self-regulation after engaging in end-of-life conversations with advanced cancer patients: a qualitative study

Autor: Jiayi Du, Zifen An, Chunyu Wang, Liping Yu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMC Nursing, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6955
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-024-02016-6
Popis: Abstract Background Self-regulation is crucial for nurses who engage in in-depth end-of-life conversations with advanced cancer patients, especially in cultural contexts featuring death taboos. An improved understanding of the self-regulation process of nurses can help them address negative emotions and promote self-growth more effectively. Therefore, this study aimed to explore nurses’ self-regulation process after end-of-life conversations with advanced cancer patients. Methods This study employed a descriptive, qualitative approach. Seventeen nurses from four hospitals and a hospice unit in mainland China were interviewed between September 2022 and June 2023. Data were collected through face-to-face semistructured interviews. A thematic analysis method was used to analyse the data following the guidance of regulatory focus theory. Results Three main themes were developed: self-regulation antecedents include personality, experience, and support; promotion or prevention is a possible self-regulation process for nurses; both self-exhaustion and self-growth may be the outcomes of self-regulation, as did seven subthemes. Personality tendencies, life experience, and perceived support may affect nurses’ self-regulation, thereby affecting their self-regulation outcomes. Conclusions Nurses exhibit different self-regulatory tendencies and self-regulation outcomes. The provision of peer support and counselling support to nurses is highly important with regard to achieving good self-regulation outcomes.
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