2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of a visiting nursing practice program to support families providing homecare for terminal cancer patients

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22592626
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Community health/Gerontological nurisng
Research Institution	Seirei Christopher University
Principal Investigator	YAMAMURA Emiko 聖隷クリストファー大学, 看護学部, 講師 (90340116)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	NAGASAWA Kumiko 聖隷クリストファー大学, 看護学部, 助教 (80516740) MAKITA Hiroko 豊橋創造大学, 保健医療学部, 准教授 (10550254) TOMIYASU Mari 静岡県立大学, 看護学部, 講師 (50367588)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	訪問看護実践 / 自宅での看取り / 家族看護がん療養者
Research Abstract	We developed a visiting nursing practice program to support families providing homecare for terminal cancer patients. The following items were identified as important for the program:1. Interactions for preparing for loss: (1)Interactions for accepting the current situation; (2)interactions for affirming the situation; (3) support for feasibility; and (4) interpretation of family conversations.2. Process of terminal care: 1) Establishment of relationships that facilitate communication; 2) provision of care assessed as being specific to visiting nurses; and 3) utilization of sensitivity resulting from experiential knowledge as a visiting nurse.3. Following terminal care: 1) Assessment of actual practice and support through visits after terminal care.

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