A study on the Perception of Nurses in General Hospital Wards to the Pain of Cancer Patients : Case Study of a Cancer Patient with the Difficulty to Control Pain and Sleep

Oike Miyako, Suetsugu Norie, Kusuhara Misa

doi:10.15017/3272

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一般病棟看護師のがん性疼痛に対する捉え方の検討 : 疼痛及び睡眠のコントロールが困難ながん患者の一事例から
イッパンビョウトウカンゴシノガンセイトウツウニタイスルトラエカタノケントウトウツウオヨビスイミンノコントロールガコンナンナガンカンジャノイチジレイカラ

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The purpose of this research was to show how nurses in general hospital wards perceive the pain of cancer patients, in order to discuss the issues of palliative care. As a source for our research data, we used the nursing record of one cancer patient who had suffered from pain and insomnia. We also interviewed six nurses who had taken care of the same patient. We analyzed these data by the qualitative and inductive method. As a result, 20 categories emerged from the data analysis of the nursing record, while the contents of our interviews were categorized into five items. We herein discussed how the nurses tended to perceive a cancer patient from the viewpoint of physical consequences. In addition, the nurses acquired some information about total pain which included four types of pains (physical, psychological, spiritual, and social pain). However, they were unable to effectively utilize the acquired information because they failed to explore the aspect of total pain. We suggest that nurses need to share more information among more nurses.

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九州大学医学部保健学科紀要

九州大学医学部保健学科紀要 7 33-40, 2006-03

School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University

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