Mi Joung Yi; Jeong Seop Lee

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Nurses' Experiences of the Death of Patients in Geriatric Hospitals: Mi Joung Yi, Jeong Seop Lee; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2015;45(4):513-522.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2015.45.4.513
Published online: August 31, 2015

College of Nursing, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Lee, Jeong Seop. College of Nursing, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2220-0707, Fax: +82-2-2295-2074, ljseop@hanyang.ac.kr

• Received: January 12, 2015 • Revised: January 31, 2015 • Accepted: April 20, 2015

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Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify and understand nurses' experiences of the death of patients in geriatric hospitals.
Methods
Van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological analysis was applied in the interpretation of experiential descriptions of seven nurses who had experienced the death of patients in a geriatric hospital.
Results
The essential subjects derived from the experience of the nurses on the death of patients in a geriatric hospital are covered in the following 7 themes. 'Placed in death site', 'Difficult repetition of death and farewell', 'Emotional waves that rushes in after farewell', 'Dilemmas in a place with no preparation to greet expected death', 'Getting dull from continually being struck with sorrow', 'Being together with living death', and 'Showing courtesy for a good farewell and living well'.
Conclusion
The results of this research will contribute to the development of policy on all the deaths of patients in geriatric hospitals and suggest basic data that need to be applied in real practice and directions to introduce plans for realistic improvements in nursing care of deathbed patients in geriatric hospitals.
Keywords: Nurses; Life experiences; Death; Geriatric nursing

This manuscript is revision of part of the first author's master's thesis from Hanyang University.

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J Korean Acad Nurs. 2015;45(4):513-522. Published online August 31, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2015.45.4.513

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