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Knowing the occasion of a peaceful death in intensive care units in Thailand
Author(s) -
Kongsuwan Waraporn,
Locsin Rozzano C.,
Schoenhofer Savina O.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00574.x
Subject(s) - intensive care unit , intensive care , nursing , psychology , medicine , intensive care medicine , psychiatry
The purpose of this study was to describe how nurses know the occasion of a peaceful death. The data were generated from individual in‐depth interviews with ten nurses who practised in adult intensive care units in the southern region of Thailand. Using a content analysis method, four processes of knowing the occasion of a peaceful death were isolated. They were visual knowing, technological knowing, intuitive knowing, and relational knowing. The clinical implications of these processes provide opportunities for nurses to practise the best end‐of‐life care during a critical time in a patient's life. This study also strengthens cross‐cultural nursing during end‐of‐life care in high‐technology settings, such as the intensive care unit.