[Feelings of powerlessness facing pain. A qualitative study of feelings of powerlessness in district nurses caring for cancer patients in pain].
This paper is concerned with a qualitative study about feelings of powerlessness of community nurses involved in caring for cancer patients suffering pain. From semi-structured interviews the following causes of feelings of powerlessness appeared: discommunication with patients and the general practitioner, dilemmas concerning physical care and opiates and a discrepancy between pain management goals and reality. Main strategies for reducing feelings of powerlessness were: sharing feelings with the patient and colleagues, increasing knowledge and skills and standing back from the situation.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D006380:Helplessness, Learned; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011637:Public Health Nursing
Onmachtsgevoelens bij pijn. Een kwalitatief onderzoek naar onmachtsgevoelens van wijkverpleegkundigen in de zorg voor kankerpatiënten met pijn.