Validación del criterio de resultado de enfermería 1307muerte digna

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: At the national level, three important measures have been highlighted that have led to the necessary push to guarantee quality care for dying patients and their families: 1) the birth and development of Palliative Care; 2) respect for the autonomy of the patient anchored with the Declaration of Anticipated Will and 3) the regulation of legislation that guarantees a dignified death. JUSTIFICATION: This doctoral thesis examines the validity of the NOC to report the effects of Nursing interventions on dignified death. It represents a starting point to establish future lines of improvement that allow joining efforts to achieve a death worthy of the dying patient and his family. GENERAL AIM: To validate theoretically the Nursing Outcomes Criteria 1307: ¿dignified death¿, belonging to the Spanish version of the fifth edition of the original English work Nursing Outcomes Classification. METHODOLOGY: The present doctoral thesis conforms to a theoretical validation study carried out in two phases: Scientific validation of the term Digna Death through the development of two mixed study reviews and Content validation of the Nursing Outcome Criteria 1307: Digna Death using the Delphi method . RESULTS: Four themes related to death were inductively discovered: 1) "Good Death"; 2) "Bad Death"; 3) "Dignified Death"; and 4) Provision of a "good death." This last theme was structured in two sub-themes: obstacles to offer a "good death" and facilitators to provide a "good death". By consensus of experts, of the twenty-five initial indicators of the Nursing Outcome 1307: