2011 Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 5-12
The aim of this study is to clarify a feeling of difficulty that visiting nurses feel at the time of introduction to home-visit nursing care for end-stage cancer patients, which requires prompt action. Included are six nurses who, on their initiative, practice care for the patients and their families and have more than 3 years of experience as visiting nurses for end-stage cancer patients. The data collection, which was conducted by semi-structured interview using an interview guide, was analyzed qualitatively. As a feeling of difficulty that the nurses felt at the time of introduction to home-visit nursing care, two categories including "fluctuation as a nurse" and "agony to undertake home-visit nursing care" were extracted. At the time of introduction to home-visit nursing care for end-stage cancer patients, problems such as building trust relationship between the nurse and the patient or family and cooperation between the nurse and the home visiting doctor regarding notification to the patient have certain effects. It was suggested, therefore, that psychological and educational assistance for the nurses are particularly important.
