Journal of Carcinogenesis & Mutagenesis

Nurses preparedness on end of life care in selected hospitals in Albay and Sorsogon province, Bicol region, Philippines

Annual Meeting on Asia Pacific Oncologists, Hospice and Palliative Care

May 13-14, 2019 Singapore

Francia Cruz-Lisay

Partido State University, Philippines

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Carcinog Mutagen

Abstract:

Palliative Care (PC) is defined by WHO as an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness through prevention and relief suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychological and spiritual, nurses as part of health care team plays an important role in achieving optimal and quality care for the patients. The demand for highly trained and compassionate health care professionals such as nurses for palliative care is indeed very important especially of more persons living with the effects of serious illness due to poor lifestyle, effects of globalization and the increasing rate of non-communicable and chronic diseases. Results show that nurses are generally competent in terms of knowledge and attitude, however, still needs an improvement in terms of their practice on end of life care. Practices that need to improve are communication among health care providers, patients and families, Alternative choices of treatment, guiding principle and involvement in decision making process. Factors perceived by nurses as hindrances in giving quality end of life care includes inappropriate nurse to patient ratio, insufficient supply of pain relief medication and lack of continuing education. Therefore, nurses in a developing country like Philippines must emphasize the needs of specialized trainings and skills to provide quality palliative care.

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