title: Nursing terminally sick dialysis patients.
abstract: The number of terminally sick patients (TSP) in haemodialysis (HD) is rising. The personnel that assist these patients wonder if they are sufficiently qualified to help and care for them and if TSP require treatment that is different to the other chronic dialysis patients. The reason for this study was to investigate if caring for TSP psychologically affected the infirmary personnel who looked after them during HD.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol Servicio de Nefrologia C/Carretera del Canyet, s/n Badalona 08916, Barcelona, Spain. bdemiguel61@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Bienvenido
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Miguel
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*