Nursing interventions to promote dignified dying in South Korea

Abstract

Purpose This descriptive study aimed to assess the appropriateness of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) catalogue Palliative Care for Dignified Dying for palliative care nursing interventions in South Korea. Methods The study surveyed 213 South Korean nurses who might regularly care for dying patients. Nurses were recruited to complete a survey that included interventions from the ICNP catalogue listed with Likert response sets. Findings All of the interventions were scored as being at least ‘slightly important’ on average. The following three nursing interventions were ranked as most important when caring for dying patients: establish trust, establish rapport, and administer pain medication. Conclusions The study provides new insights into the palliative care provided in South Korea by documenting nurses’ views of what are the most important palliative care nursing interventions. It also suggests that the palliative care interventions listed in the ICNP catalogue Palliative Care for Dignified Dying are in congruence with the interventions that nurses in South Korea use.

An integrative review of dignity in end-of-life care

“…It has been used in several countries, including India, the United States, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Philippines, and South Korea. 22,24,27,44,45 …”

Ensuring a unified and cross-cultural nursing language system: the challenge faced by nursing terminology development

“…Studies of the applicability of the terminological subsets of ICNP® for the palliative care for a dignified death corroborate this fact (2)(3)(4) . Standardizing nursing interventions before death may not take into account cultures such as that of Thailand, where Buddhism is the religion of almost the entire population.…”

“…Here, death is a welcome phenomenon and nurses have the task of promoting family discussion and encouraging family members to say goodbye (2) . www.ee.usp.br/reeusp EDITORIAL In the context of care for a dignified death, Thai nurses confirm that incorporating religious and cultural knowledge into their professional activities is particularly important (2) , while Hindu nurses suggest including holistic care and Yoga for pain management (3) , and South Korean nurses highlight that establishing trust is essential (4) . Cross-cultural adaption also requires knowledge about the health system and its care models, since professional practice is determined by policies and hegemonic and counterhegemonic movements occurring in given contexts.…”

Erminological subset of the international classification for nursing practice: an integrative review

“…In this integrative review, two studies of the applicability of the Subset Palliative Care for a Dignified Death, undertaken in the Philippines and in South Korea, were found (13)(14) .…”