Establishing Palliative Nursing Organization to Foster Palliative Care Literacy and Services in Indonesia: An Embedded Mixed Methods Study

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Authors

1 Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2 Lotus Care, Wound and Palliative Homecare Center, Private Clinic, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

3 School of Nursing, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Sembilanbelas November Kolaka, Indonesia

Abstract

Background and Objectives: The proactive activities of professional organizations have significantly contributed to improving nurses’ knowledge related-specialty in order to improve health care services quality offered by nurses. Since the palliative care improvement and development in Indonesia remain still in their infancy, and the organization of palliative care for Indonesian nurses has not been established yet, it is imperative to investigate the Indonesian nurses’ viewpoints concerning the importance of establishing a palliative nursing organization in fostering palliative care services in Indonesia. This study aimed to identify what kind of palliative care related activities are carried out by Indonesian nurses and what are the perspectives of nurses regarding the importance of establishing palliative nursing organizations in Indonesia.

Materials and Methods: A national study was conducted using an embedded mixed-methods design, for which the quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed in the same time period from October – December 2020.

Results: There were a total of 552 (92%) respondents who participated through WhatsApp, and Telegram platforms, and completed our online survey. There were four themes and nine sub themes found in this study: namely, services improvement (quality improvement, and literacy improvement sub themes), human resource development (knowledge development, individual nurse development, and professional development sub-themes), boarding and information source (boarding, and information source sub themes), and policy and legality (policy, and legality sub themes).

Conclusion: While barriers exist, respondents confirmed the importance of establishing an Indonesian palliative nursing organization. Establishing a palliative nursing organization could be an important step in developing palliative care in Indonesia.

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Acknowledgments: We thank members of Forum Perawat Minat Paliatif Indonesia who provided support and voluntarily participated in the study. 


Availability of data and materials: The anonymized datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

 

Conflicts of interests: We declare that there is no conflict of interest.


Consent for publication: not applicable.


Ethical approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. This research has been approved by Health Research Ethics Committee of Ikatan Ahli Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara,” with number decree (138/KEPK-IAKMI/XI/2020). Informed Consent was conducted online via google form by all nurses as participants in this research.

 

Funding: This research have no receive any fund or grants.


Author contributions: All authors equally contribute.

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