{"title":"NURSES’ SPIRITUAL DISTRESS DURING END OF LIFE DECISION MAKING: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY","authors":"A. Hidayat, W. Kongsuwan, K. Nilmanat, A. S. Siwi","doi":"10.36295/ASRO.2021.24307","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: This study describes the meaning of Muslim nurses ’ lived experience during their involvement in End of Life (EOL) decision making in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Methods: This study was conducted in an ICU of a government hospital in Central Java, Indonesia. Fourteen nurses were recruited as participants after they met the inclusion criteria: Muslims, working at least three years in the ICU, and willing to share their experience. Data were collected using in-depth interviews. Van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used to analyze the data transcription. Results: Experiences of nurses' involvement in EOL decision making revealed four thematic categories. Feeling spiritual distress, understanding family’s feelings as a killer, respecting privacy, and continuing time of caring. These themes reflecting van Manen's four lived world of body, time, relation, and space. Conclusions: This study described the meaning of Muslim nurses ’ EOL decision making in ICU and influence nursing policies regarding education in EOL decision making in ICU settings.","PeriodicalId":7958,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.36295/ASRO.2021.24307","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Objectives: This study describes the meaning of Muslim nurses ’ lived experience during their involvement in End of Life (EOL) decision making in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Methods: This study was conducted in an ICU of a government hospital in Central Java, Indonesia. Fourteen nurses were recruited as participants after they met the inclusion criteria: Muslims, working at least three years in the ICU, and willing to share their experience. Data were collected using in-depth interviews. Van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used to analyze the data transcription. Results: Experiences of nurses' involvement in EOL decision making revealed four thematic categories. Feeling spiritual distress, understanding family’s feelings as a killer, respecting privacy, and continuing time of caring. These themes reflecting van Manen's four lived world of body, time, relation, and space. Conclusions: This study described the meaning of Muslim nurses ’ EOL decision making in ICU and influence nursing policies regarding education in EOL decision making in ICU settings.