Next up in our Honours Projects feature: Ellie McMahon is an intensive care nurse & has just completed her BNurs(Hons) project exploring nurses’ experiences of providing end-of-life care to Māori patients and their whānau in the intensive care context. [1/7]
Why is this important? ICUs are technocentric environments designed to support patients after life-threatening illness or major surgery. In spite of these efforts, some patients die in ICU requiring culturally-responsive, end-of-life care. [2/7]
Ellie conducted semi-structured interviews with both Māori & non-Māori ICU nurses, asking about their experiences of #EoLC for #Māori in ICU & seeking barriers and facilitators to culturally-responsive care. #NursingResearch #ICUResearch [3/7]
The four main themes developed from her interview data were:
1. Whakawhānaungatanga & partnership
2. Cultural learning opportunities
3. Cultural influence & understanding
4. Systemic facilitators. [4/7]
Ellie’s participants identified facilitators of culturally-responsive #Endoflifecare in the unique ICU setting, including the importance of clear communication, the pivotal role of kaumātua, and the inclusion of whānau as part of the care team. [5/7]
Opportunities for improvement were also identified, including a need for more contextually-relevant cultural support resources & education - particularly for internationally-trained nurses. [6/7]
Ellie’s iwi affiliation is Ngāpuhi and her project was supervised by @CerebralNurse and @TessMoeke Special thanks to the study participants who made this research possible [7/7]
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