Relationship between Nursing Care for Patients Receiving Cancer Genome Medicine and Nurses’ Views of Life and Death

• Published in: Journal of Japan Society of Nursing Research Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 1_61 - 1_72
• Main Authors: Yamada, Shinobu, Hayashi, Makiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan Society of Nursing Research 20.04.2024; 一般社団法人 日本看護研究学会
• Subjects: Cancer nursing; genome therapy for cancer; Nurses’ Views of Life and Death; がんゲノム医療; がん看護; 看護師の死生観
• ISSN: 2188-3599; 2189-6100
• DOI: 10.15065/jjsnr.20230608223

Objective: Some patients receive genome therapy for cancer for which there is no standard treatment, or the standard treatment has been completed making them aware of death. This study identifies the relationship between nursing care for such patients and the "nurses' views of life and death" required to provide nursing care. Methods: A questionnaire survey targeting 91 nurses caring for cancer patients was conducted to perform an exploratory factor analysis of factors of "nursing care for patients receiving cancer genome therapy." Multiple regression analysis used these factors as dependent variables and "nurses' views of life and death" as an independent variable. Results: Five factors and 38 items were abstracted for "nursing care for patients receiving cancer genome therapy," and "nurses' views of life and death" was demonstrated to have influenced these factors. Conclusions: "Nursing care for patients receiving cancer genome therapy" was characterized by factors which targeted patients suffering from a disease that makes them aware of death, and "nurses' views of life and death" influenced these factors, suggesting the need for nurses to establish their views on life and death in cancer genome medical care.