Category*

Significance of DC*

No.

Items of Terminal Care and Death Conference Nursing Self-Assessment Sheet

Reflection

Review of nursing care provided by self-reflection

T1

I have been able to look back on the nursing I performed.

Cooperation

Collaboration with other professions

T2

I am strengthening cooperation with other professions about patient care.

Bond with patient and family

T13

I feel a renewed bond with my patients and their family.

Team sharing and collaboration

D6

Death Conference helps me improve my teamwork.

Future direction of nursing

Share the purpose and direction of care

D2

I share the purpose and direction of care.

Clarification and resolution of nursing problems

D3

I clarify nursing problems and get solutions.

Proposal to connect the solution to the next

D5

I have a proposal to connect the solutions obtained for the next time.

Sharing of values

D7

I share values with people who have the same thoughts.

Response to patients

Response to unrelieved mental and physical pain in a patient

T5

I have stress resulting from the patient’s inability to relieve mental or physical pain.

Involvement with patients who have a gap in perceptions of the condition

T6

I have stress associated with patients who have a different perception of their conditions.

The act of responding to a patient’s emotional expression and questions about patient’s remaining life

T7

T8

I have stress on patients’ emotional expression.

I am stressed out from responding to questions from patients about life expectancy.

Response to patients’ family

Respect for family-to-patient wishes

T3

I respect the wishes of patients’ family members toward patients.

Dealing with family members of patients who seems to have difficulty getting involved

T9

I am stressed out by the family of patients who are considered difficult to care for.

Anxiety and concern about the family’s treatment of patients

T12

I am anxious and worried about the treatment of patients by their families.

Specific measures for nursing

Procedures for postmortem treatment and technique concerns

T10

I have misgivings about procedures and skills for postmortem treatment.

Learning patient care at the end of life

D1

I feel death conference is an opportunity to learn about end-of-life patient care.

Understanding the will of patients and their families and reviewing care

D4

I understand patients and their family’s intentions and reflect on their care.

Feeling of the nurse

Thoughts of nurses who support the decision-making of terminal cancer patients

T4

I support the decision-making of dying patients and their families.