A qualitative exploration of Irish nursing students' experiences of caring for the dying patient
Abstract Aim To explore Irish nursing students' experiences of caring for dying patients and their families to understand these experiences and determine whether or not students felt prepared for this role. Design This study used a qualitative descriptive research design. Methods One to one sem...
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| author | Philip Hardie Catherine McCabe Fiona Timmins David R. Thompson |
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| description | Abstract Aim To explore Irish nursing students' experiences of caring for dying patients and their families to understand these experiences and determine whether or not students felt prepared for this role. Design This study used a qualitative descriptive research design. Methods One to one semi‐structured interviews were used to collect data, implementing open‐ended questions to explore seven student nurses' experiences. Results Five main themes emerged: Student's first experiences, emotional experience of caring, educational preparation, challenging aspects of caring for dying patients and their families and need for support in practice. Students' first experience of caring for a dying patient and their family was a confronting event for students, both personally and professionally. Nursing students require adequate and timely education on end of life care and a practical and supportive clinical learning environment to effectively support and prepare students for caring for a dying patient and their family. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6dd9565ae30f4a90918fce206a73f3072023-07-25T08:45:47ZengWileyNursing Open2054-10582023-08-011085649565810.1002/nop2.1810A qualitative exploration of Irish nursing students' experiences of caring for the dying patientPhilip Hardie0Catherine McCabe1Fiona Timmins2David R. Thompson3Hibernia College Merrion Rd Dublin IrelandSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin IrelandHibernia College Merrion Rd Dublin IrelandSchool of Nursing and Midwifery Queens University Belfast Belfast UKAbstract Aim To explore Irish nursing students' experiences of caring for dying patients and their families to understand these experiences and determine whether or not students felt prepared for this role. Design This study used a qualitative descriptive research design. Methods One to one semi‐structured interviews were used to collect data, implementing open‐ended questions to explore seven student nurses' experiences. Results Five main themes emerged: Student's first experiences, emotional experience of caring, educational preparation, challenging aspects of caring for dying patients and their families and need for support in practice. Students' first experience of caring for a dying patient and their family was a confronting event for students, both personally and professionally. Nursing students require adequate and timely education on end of life care and a practical and supportive clinical learning environment to effectively support and prepare students for caring for a dying patient and their family.https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1810deathdyingeducationnursing student |
| spellingShingle | Philip Hardie Catherine McCabe Fiona Timmins David R. Thompson A qualitative exploration of Irish nursing students' experiences of caring for the dying patient Nursing Open death dying education nursing student |
| title | A qualitative exploration of Irish nursing students' experiences of caring for the dying patient |
| title_full | A qualitative exploration of Irish nursing students' experiences of caring for the dying patient |
| title_fullStr | A qualitative exploration of Irish nursing students' experiences of caring for the dying patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | A qualitative exploration of Irish nursing students' experiences of caring for the dying patient |
| title_short | A qualitative exploration of Irish nursing students' experiences of caring for the dying patient |
| title_sort | qualitative exploration of irish nursing students experiences of caring for the dying patient |
| topic | death dying education nursing student |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1810 |
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