| Title |
What Nurses are Keeping in Mind and the Difficulties Experienced in Supporting Cancer Patients in the AYA Generation |
| Subtitle |
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| Authors |
Sachiko Hattori1), Mami Yamamoto2), Keiko Fuse3), Kumi Matsuyama1), Maiko Ozeki1), Minako Okumura3) |
| Authors (kana) |
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| Organization |
1)Nursing of Children and Child Rearing Families, Gifu College of Nursing, 2)Department of community Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 3)Nursing of Adults, Gifu College of Nursing |
| Journal |
Journal of Gifu College of Nursing
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| Volume |
21
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| Number |
1
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| Page |
27-36 |
| Year/Month |
2021 / 3 |
| Article |
Original article |
| Publisher |
Gifu College of Nursing |
| Abstract |
[Abstract] The purpose of this study is to clarify what the nurses in medical institutions are keeping in mind and the difficulties experienced in supporting cancer patients in the AYA generation. The survey was conducted as a group interview with nurses who have experience in providing support to AYA generation patients who work at a collaborative hospital in the A prefecture that provides local pediatric cancer treatment or a collaborative hospital that concentrates on strengthening long-term care for pediatric cancer patients. As a result of conducting interviews and qualitative inductive analysis with seven nurses who agreed to participate in the research at two facilities of the collaborative hospitals handling medical care of pediatric cancer and strengthening longterm care for pediatric cancer patients in the A prefecture, what the nurses try to support was classified into two categories of [a relationship which captures the characteristics of adolescence and young adulthood], and [a relationship in which the patient can accept the treatment they will undergo]. The supporting difficulties perceived by nurses were classified into seven categories, including [difficulty of assistance tailored to the patient's developmental stage], [difficulty of support including the family], and [difficulty in sharing information and collaborating without knowing the school's support system]. The AYA generation are in a transitional period in which they become independent from their parents and establish their identity, and they are undergoing changes such as going on to higher education, getting married, and experiencing other life events. Therefore, as they suffer from cancer, they face various challenges unique to the AYA generation. Upon nursing the AYA generation, nurses have kept in mind to make a relationship that captures the characteristics of the AYA generation, and to ensure that the patient can accept the treatment they will undergo. It became clear that nurses are finding difficulty in cooperating with schools for support due to not being able to see school life, and that they will support while grasping both the will of patients and their families. |
| Practice |
Nursing |
| Keywords |
AYA generation, pediatric cancer, cancer patients, pediatric cancer collaborative hospital |
