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INTENSIVE CARE AND ONCOLOGY NURSES’ PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES WITH ‘FUTILE MEDICAL CARE’ AND ‘PRINCIPLES OF GOOD DEATH’

YOĞUN BAKIM VE ONKOLOJI HEMŞIRELERININ “YARARSIZ TIBBI BAKIM” VE “İYI ÖLÜM PRENSIPLERI” ILE İLGILI ALGILARI VE DENEYIMLERI

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116–124
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2022-11-05
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Extending life, whileignoring the quality thereof, remains a major ethical dilemma for health professionals.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: This study aimed to determine nurses’ perceptions and experiences with ‘futilemedical care’ and their opinions about ‘principles of good death’.Materials and Method: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in 11 statehospitals and 3 university hospitals in Ankara, Turkey.
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Conclusion & Impact:Extending life, whileignoring the quality thereof, remains a major ethical dilemma for health professionals.
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Introduction: This study aimed to determine nurses’ perceptions and experiences with ‘futilemedical care’ and their opinions about ‘principles of good death’.Materials and Method: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in 11 statehospitals and 3 university hospitals in Ankara, Turkey. It included 856 nurses working in intensivecare and oncology units. A questionnaire, which included demographics and futile medical carepractices and the ‘Attitudes toward Principles about Dying with Dignity Scale’ were used.Results: Participants were on average 30.49 ± 6.12 years old 92.3% were women, 61.7% weremarried and 62.7% had a bachelor’s degree. Nurses defined medical care as futile when it was ‘notaffecting quality of life’ (35.4%), ‘not curing the disease’ (46.8%) and ‘prolonging the suffering ofthe patient’ (42.9%). They stated that futile care was continued because of hospital policy (32.9%),doctor’s decision (54.9%) or patient’s or relative’s decision (29.3%). Three of every four nurses statedthat good death principles were not applied at their hospital. We found that attitudes toward deathimproved as nurses’ education level increased (p = .001), and women had higher scale scores thanmen (p < .001).Conclusion: Nurses were generally not satisfied with end-of-life care. Extending life, whileignoring the quality thereof, remains a major ethical dilemma for health professionals.

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Giriş: Bu çalışmanın amacı hemşirelerin “yararsız tıbbi bakım” ve “iyi ölüm ilkeleri” konusundaki algı ve deneyimlerini belirlemektir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel tipteki çalışma, Ankara’da 11 devlet ve 3 üniversite hastanesinde gerçekleştirildi. Çalışma, yoğun bakım ve onkoloji birimlerinde çalışan 856 hemşireyle yapıldı. Demografik özellikleri ve yararsız tıbbi bakım uygulamalarını içeren bir anket ile “Saygın Ölüm İlkelerine İlişkin Tutumlar Ölçeği” kullanıldı. Bulgular: Katılımcılar ortalama 30.49±6.12 yaşında, %92,3’ü kadın, %61,7’si evli, %62,7’sinin eğitimi lisans düzeyinde idi. Hemşireler, “yaşam kalitesini etkilemediği” (%35,4), “hastalığı tedavi etmediği” (%46,8) ve “hastanın acısını uzattığı” (%42,9) için bakımı yararsız bulduklarını, ancak hastane politikası (%32,9), doktor kararı (%54,9) veya hasta yakınlarının kararı (%29,3) nedeniyle yararsız tıbbi bakıma devam ettiklerini belirttiler. Dört hemşireden üçü hastanelerinde iyi ölüm ilkelerinin uygulanmadığını bildirdi. Hemşirelerin eğitim düzeyi arttıkça ölüme ilişkin tutumların iyileştiği (p = .001) ve kadınların erkeklerden daha yüksek ölçek puanına sahip oldukları saptandı (p

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DUYAN, V., YAZGAN, E. Ö., ÖZCAN, S., SANÇAR, B., DEMIR, A. (2022). INTENSIVE CARE AND ONCOLOGY NURSES’ PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES WITH ‘FUTILE MEDICAL CARE’ AND ‘PRINCIPLES OF GOOD DEATH’. Türk Geriatri Dergisi, Cilt: 20 - Sayı: 2, 116–124. https://ajindex.com/articles/623753

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