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Objective To explore the needs of intensive care unit (ICU) patients in the intensive care unit from nurses' perspectives.Methods A descriptive qualitative study of data generated from individual in-depth interviews of eleven intensive care nurses was to learn about the needs of ICU dying patients.Colaizzi analysis was used to analysis the data.Result The ICU nurses' description for needs of ICU dying patients are described as:have no physical burden of pain,to maintain dignity,to be understood and to fulfill their wishes,and family members are able to calmly accept the fact that the patient is about to leave.Conclusion According to the needs of ICU dying patients,medical staff should further concern about the humane care for ICU dying patients,and provide quality nursing care to help them live peacefully through the final stages of life.
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Objective:To investigate the cognition of terminal stage patients'dignity therapy,attitude towards its concept and scheme,willingness of its promotion in college students and to gain some recommendations for improvement.Methods:Combined quantitative and qualitative methods,an anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted in a convenience sample of 220 college students,of which 20 students were selected for in-depth interviews.Results:Only 17.73％ of students had a correct understanding of dignity therapy,94.98％ of them accepted its concept,92.96％ of them held a positive attitude,74.38％ of them were willing to promote dignity therapy,in which female students were dominated (P =0.041).Interview results showed that the contents of dignity therapy were to some extent stiff and not fit for Chinese patients,which might impede its promotion.Conclusion:College students lack the cognition of dignity therapy.But they hold a positive attitude and are willing to promote dignity therapy when they get to know its concept and contents.As seen,dignity therapy has a good future but there are still some obstructions in the promotion,and need to be localized.
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This paper collected the case and interview data in the hospice wards of X Community Health Service Center in Harbin with the method of participant observation and in-depth interview.It sorted and analyzed the disease narrative,psychological experience and social-cultural significance of terminal stage patients.Through describing three field cases,this paper analyzed the depressed-helpless and request-desire pain experience in terminal stage patients.It emphasized the cultural narrative research in this special group,terminal stage patients,and further to provide realistic basis for the improvement of hospice care in China.
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OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for rational use of antibiotics in terminal stage patients with malignant tumor. METHODS:The inpatients with malignant tumor who died in the department of medical oncology of our hospital from Mar. 2013 to Mar. 2016 were analyzed retrospectively in respects of general situation,infection situation and antibiotics use. RESULTS:Among 149 inpatients,a total of 129 infection cases were found in 113 patients(75.8%). The most frequent sites of infection were lung(65.9%),followed by digestive tract/abdomen(13.2%),and skin/wound(6.2%). 100 patients (67.1%)received antibiot-ics,61.1% of which were empiric treatment. β-lactam/β-lactam lactamase inhibitor(41.8%),fluoroquinolone(21.7%)and cepha-losporin(16.9%)were the top 3 frequently prescribed antibiotics. The effective rate of antibiotics treatment was as low as 15.8%, which was believed to be linked with the survival duration since infection occurred (P<0.001),the Karnofsky performance scale (KPS)score when infection occurred(P<0.001)and the duration of antibiotics treatment(P=0.025). CONCLUSIONS:Terminal stage patients with malignant tumor are vulnerable to infections,especially to pulmonary infection. The empirical broad-spectrum an-tibiotics are widely used in terminal patients with malignant tumor,but the effectiveness rate of antibiotic treatment is in low level. For those terminal stage patients with malignant tumor and with KPS score<60 points,when futile antibiotics treatment last for more than 7 days,timely termination of antibiotics treatment is a better choice.
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Objective We aimed to translate the English version of Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI) into Chinese and test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of PDI in terminal stage patients.Methods Totally 285 patients in terminal stage was recruited and investigated by the Chinese version of PDI.Results The internal consistency coefficient of the Chinese version of PDI ranged from 0.728 to 0.953,which was ＞0.70; split half coefficient was 0.561; the test-retest reliability was 0.824,which showed that internal consistency of Chinese version of PDI was good.The content validity index was 0.912.Factor analysis got five factors,which explained 62.172％ of the total variance; the factor loading of each item was ＞0.4.Conclusions The Chinese version of PDI has been proved to be reliable and valid.It can be used as a valid tool for the measurement of dignity in terminal stage patients.
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Objective To study the characteristics of tongue pictures of the terminal stage patients of colorectal cancer.Method The changes of tongue pictures of 7 patients of the terminal stage and 62 patients of non-terminal stage were observed by The System of Tongue Inspection of TCM,then the tongue proper and coating RGB(redness,greenness,blueness) values were measured.Results In the group of the terminal stage patients,light red and red tongue proper were more,yellow thick tongue coating and without tongue coating were more.Red tongue proper and yellow thick tongue coating were more in the other group.In the group of the terminal stage patients' tongue proper,G values were lower,B values were lower(P0.05).Conclusion The tongue proper and coating of the terminal stage patients of colorectal cancer have certain characteristics.