Emotional Challenges of Hospice Nurses
Michelle L. Jollie
NUR/1020
11/13/2016
Meredith Roberts Emotional Challenges of Hospice Nurses Being a nurse involves the ability to work with many different cultures, environments, and values. Being a hospice nurse has added emotional challenges from caring for dying patients. The act of witnessing the dying process each day has both positive and negative consequences. On the positive side, many nurses say they experience growth and development on a personal and professional level. The negative, they are exposed to intense emotional pressure for which they feel there is a lack of support (Ingebretsen, 2016).
The research method Ten nurses were interviewed from two different hospices located in Denmark. One hospice was in a rural setting and the second was near a large city. By using 2 different areas the researchers hoped to gain a wide variation of results that would identify common themes and experiences (Ingebretsen, 2016). Participants were all full-time female employees age 20-60 years old. There were no male nurses employed at that time in the hospices (Ingebretsen, 2016). Each participant was interviewed at a place of their choosing and was in the form of a dialogue between the researcher and the participant (Ingebretsen, 2016).
Common themes identified
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This multifaceted position allows one the possibility of enhancing your own life by way of watching someone else’s life ending (Ingebretsen, 2016). Some see this with a sense of guilt (Ingebretsen, 2016). Having the ability to use these experiences to enhance and develop one’s self professionally and personally can help prevent emotional exhaustion caused by the same (Ingebretsen,
Michelle L. Jollie
NUR/1020
11/13/2016
Meredith Roberts Emotional Challenges of Hospice Nurses Being a nurse involves the ability to work with many different cultures, environments, and values. Being a hospice nurse has added emotional challenges from caring for dying patients. The act of witnessing the dying process each day has both positive and negative consequences. On the positive side, many nurses say they experience growth and development on a personal and professional level. The negative, they are exposed to intense emotional pressure for which they feel there is a lack of support (Ingebretsen, 2016).
The research method Ten nurses were interviewed from two different hospices located in Denmark. One hospice was in a rural setting and the second was near a large city. By using 2 different areas the researchers hoped to gain a wide variation of results that would identify common themes and experiences (Ingebretsen, 2016). Participants were all full-time female employees age 20-60 years old. There were no male nurses employed at that time in the hospices (Ingebretsen, 2016). Each participant was interviewed at a place of their choosing and was in the form of a dialogue between the researcher and the participant (Ingebretsen, 2016).
Common themes identified
Analysis of the …show more content…
This multifaceted position allows one the possibility of enhancing your own life by way of watching someone else’s life ending (Ingebretsen, 2016). Some see this with a sense of guilt (Ingebretsen, 2016). Having the ability to use these experiences to enhance and develop one’s self professionally and personally can help prevent emotional exhaustion caused by the same (Ingebretsen,