Abstract
A questionnaire survey regarding advance care planning（ ACP） and support for patients’concerns was conducted with general ward and home healthcare nurses involved in end-stage cancer nursing. Analysis of the responses of the 722 nurses revealed that approximately 65% of the respondents had discussed ACP for terminally ill patients with cancer and ＞90% of the cases that underwent ACP had discussed the patients’ concerns. The nurses considered their role in recognizing patients’concerns and connecting them to relevant departments. The 25 nurses’care survey items toward concerns were divided into “factors that support patient concerns” and“ factors that support daily life.”“ Factors that support daily life” was significantly higher among home healthcare nurses. These results indicate that nurses must recognize patients’concerns and connect them to relevant departments accordingly.
