Educating nurses to care for the dying in Hong Kong: a problem-based learning approach

Cancer Nursing
F K WongE Mok

Abstract

Caring for dying patients is an essential and major aspect of nursing care. However, previous studies have revealed that nurses felt uncomfortable and inadequate in dealing with the dying patients and their families. This study reports the effectiveness of a problem-based learning approach in death education among a group of registered nurses in Hong Kong. Three problems, with three segmented scenarios related to cancer nursing, were used. Students went through the problem-based learning process and documented their learning throughout the course in journals. A total of 72 sets of journals were collected and analyzed. The strategies of within case and cross-case analysis were employed. The within case analysis explored the learning development of students for each problem. The cross-case analysis compared and contrasted findings of the within case analysis. Three themes have been derived from the findings. They were: nurses acknowledging their emotions in facing death and dying, a need for the nurses to be better equipped in communication and counseling, and a holistic and family-centered approach to care. This study provides evidence showing that problem-based learning is an effective strategy to enhance nurses' self-awareness...Continue Reading

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