Strategier för att bemöta svåra frågor i palliativ vård - en intervjustudie

Abstract

Background: Nurses will several times during their careers meet patients in palliative care. In those meetings, the patient may ask difficult questions that put the nurse to the test. Aim: The aim of this study was to find out what kind of strategies nurses use when difficult questions are made in palliative care. Method: Data was collected using semi-structured interviews on a palliative department in southern Sweden. The material was analyzed by content analysis. Results: The study results indicate which questions nurses perceive as difficult and how they handle those questions. Conclusion: The study shows that nurses do not always need to have all the answers. Many times, the patient can reach to an answer to a difficult question with the nurse’s guidance.