Kristina Ek
University of Skövde
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Cancer Nursing | 2014
Ingela Henoch; Maria Browall; Christina Melin-Johansson; Ella Danielson; Camilla Udo; Annelie Johansson Sundler; Maria Björk; Kristina Ek; Kina Hammarlund; Ingrid Bergh; Susann Strang
Background: Nurses’ attitudes toward caring for dying persons need to be explored. The Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying (FATCOD) scale has not previously been used in Swedish language. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to compare FATCOD scores among Swedish nurses and nursing students with those from other languages, to explore the existence of 2 subscales, and to evaluate influences of experiences on attitudes toward care of dying patients. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional, and predictive design was used. The FATCOD scores of Swedish nurses from hospice, oncology, surgery clinics, and palliative home care and nursing students were compared with published scores from the United States, Israel, and Japan. Descriptive statistics, t tests, and factor and regression analyses were used. Results: The sample consisted of 213 persons: 71 registered nurses, 42 enrolled nurses, and 100 nursing students. Swedish FATCOD mean scores did not differ from published means from the United States and Israel, but were significantly more positive than Japanese means. In line with Japanese studies, factor analyses yielded a 2-factor solution. Total FATCOD and subscales had low Cronbach &agr;’s. Hospice and palliative team nurses were more positive than oncology and surgery nurses to care for dying patients. Conclusions: Although our results suggest that the Swedish FATCOD may comprise 2 distinct scales, the total scale may be the most adequate and applicable for use in Sweden. Professional experience was associated with nurses’ attitudes toward caring for dying patients. Implication for Practice: Care culture might influence nurses’ attitudes toward caring for dying patients; the benefits of education need to be explored.
Palliative & Supportive Care | 2015
Kristina Ek; Birgitta Andershed; Eva Sahlberg-Blom; Britt-Marie Ternestedt
OBJECTIVE The end stage of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is described as prolonged, and the symptom burden for patients with COPD is often high. It progresses slowly over several years and can be punctuated by abrupt exacerbations that sometimes end in sudden death or a recovery of longer or shorter duration. This makes it difficult to identify the critical junctures in order to prognosticate the progress and time of death. Patients with COPD often express a fear that the dying process is going to be difficult. There is a fear that the dyspnea will worsen and lead to death by suffocation. The present article aimed to retrospectively describe the final year of life for patients with advanced COPD with a focus on death and dying from the perspective of relatives. METHOD Interviews were conducted with the relatives of deceased family members who had advanced COPD. In total, 13 interviews were conducted and analyzed by means of content analysis. RESULT All relatives described the patients as having had a peaceful death that did not correspond with the worry expressed earlier by both the patients and themselves. During the final week of life, two different patterns in the progress of the illness trajectory emerged: a temporary improvement where death was unexpected and a continued deterioration where death was inevitable. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS The patients and their relatives lived with uncertainty up until the time of death. Little support for psychosocial and existential needs was available. It is essential for the nurse to create relationships with patients and relatives that enable them to talk about dying and death on their own terms.
International Journal of Palliative Nursing | 2014
Kristina Ek; Lars Westin; Charlotte Prahl; Jane Österlind; Susann Strang; Ingrid Bergh; Ingela Henoch; Kina Hammarlund
International Journal of Palliative Nursing | 2014
Susann Strang; Ingrid Bergh; Kristina Ek; Kina Hammarlund; Charlotte Prahl; Lars Westin; Jane Österlind; Ingela Henoch
Journal of Palliative Care | 2011
Kristina Ek; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Birgitta Andershed; Eva Sahlberg-Blom
Archive | 2010
Kristina Ek
International Journal of Palliative Nursing | 2016
Carina Lundh Hagelin; Christina Melin-Johansson; Ingela Henoch; Ingrid Bergh; Kristina Ek; Kina Hammarlund; Charlotte Prahl; Susann Strang; Lars Westin; Jane Österlind; Maria Browall
Nurse Education in Practice | 2017
Ingela Henoch; Christina Melin-Johansson; Ingrid Bergh; Susann Strang; Kristina Ek; Kina Hammarlund; Carina Lundh Hagelin; Lars Westin; Jane Österlind; Maria Browall
Nurse Education Today | 2016
Jane Österlind; Charlotte Prahl; Lars Westin; Susann Strang; Ingrid Bergh; Ingela Henoch; Kina Hammarlund; Kristina Ek
International Journal of Older People Nursing | 2015
Christina Elisabeth Karlsson; Marie Ernsth Bravell; Kristina Ek; Ingrid Bergh