Open AccessAccessibility of information on patients' and family members' end‐of‐life wishes in advance care planning
Author(s) -
Kuusisto Anne,
Saranto Kaija,
Korhonen Päivi,
Haavisto Elina
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.1081
Subject(s) - palliative care , documentation , nonprobability sampling , end of life care , transferability , context (archaeology) , nursing , qualitative research , health professionals , advance care planning , unit (ring theory) , relation (database) , psychology , medicine , health care , sociology , computer science , population , social science , database , economic growth , environmental health , biology , paleontology , logit , machine learning , programming language , mathematics education , economics
Aim To describe healthcare professionals' accessibility and transfer of patients' and family members' end‐of‐life wishes in ACP to the palliative care unit. Design The study used a qualitative descriptive study design. Methods Purposive sampling was used. The data ( N = 33) were collected through interviews with physicians, registered nurses, practical nurses and social workers. The data were analysed by inductive content analysis. Results Two main categories emerged. Patients' and family members' end‐of‐life wishes documentation in relation to changing information needs was described in relation to patients' condition and care context. Transfer of patients' and family members' end‐of‐life wishes to palliative care unit included written and verbal communication. Results showed lack of implementation of ACP early, lack of implementation about the holistic interpretation of ACP into medical notes and lack of transferability of ACP into documenting systems impacting on accessibility and realization for the patient and family members at the end‐of‐life.