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Volume 10
Journal of Carcinogenesis & Mutagenesis: Open Access
Asia Pacific Oncologists & Hospice 2019
May 13-14, 2019
May 13-14, 2019 Singapore
Annual Meeting on
Asia Pacific Oncologists, Hospice and Palliative Care
J Carcinog Mutagen 2019, Volume 10
DOI: 10.4172/2157-2518-C1-006
Nurses preparedness on end of life care in selected hospitals in Albay and Sorsogon province, Bicol
region, Philippines
Francia Cruz-Lisay
Partido State University, Philippines
P
alliative Care (PC) is defined by WHO as an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing
the problems associated with life-threatening illness through prevention and relief suffering by means of early identification
and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychological and spiritual, nurses as part
of health care team plays an important role in achieving optimal and quality care for the patients. The demand for highly
trained and compassionate health care professionals such as nurses for palliative care is indeed very important especially
of more persons living with the effects of serious illness due to poor lifestyle, effects of globalization and the increasing rate
of non-communicable and chronic diseases. Results show that nurses are generally competent in terms of knowledge and
attitude, however, still needs an improvement in terms of their practice on end of life care. Practices that need to improve are
communication among health care providers, patients and families, Alternative choices of treatment, guiding principle and
involvement in decision making process. Factors perceived by nurses as hindrances in giving quality end of life care includes
inappropriate nurse to patient ratio, insufficient supply of pain relief medication and lack of continuing education. Therefore,
nurses in a developing country like Philippines must emphasize the needs of specialized trainings and skills to provide quality
palliative care.
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