How Palliative Care Nurses Cope with Work-Related Death: A Grounded Theory Study
Watch the video below to learn more about the research and how you can take part.
Want to take part?
If you would like to take part, or if you would like more information, please email Joseph Szablowski (Lead Researcher):
More Info
Previous research has suggested that working in palliative and end-of-life care (PEoLC) is uniquely challenging due to the frequent contact workers have with death. The research explains that working with people at the end of their lives can be stressful, leading to burn-out and feeling emotionally drained. However, it can also be deeply rewarding and meaningful.
A lot of research has been written about how PEoLC staff ‘cope’ when working in this sector. It has explored what people do to feel better at the end of a long shift, or if the day has been particularly upsetting. Everyone has slightly different ways of coping with stress, and the aim of our research is to better understand how these different coping methods work for different people.
We are asking for palliative care nurses to get in contact with us to participate in this new research.
What would taking part involve?
We will invite you to take part in an interview, either face-to-face or on Microsoft Teams (your preference). The interview will be audio recorded so the conversation can be transcribed and then analysed at a later date. The interview would last between 1 and 1.5 hours and the interviewer will ask you questions about how you process working around death.
You can take part if…
You are aged 18 or over
You work as a palliative care nurse
You work in hospice or home palliative care
You have worked with patients who have died as a result of, or in relation to, their life-limiting condition
You have worked in Palliative or End-of-Life Care for at least 6 months in the previous 3 years
Data Protection
Where will the information be stored and how long will it be kept for?
All of the information collected about you and any experiences you share in your interview will remain confidential, with the exception of any information which indicates that there is a risk to you or to someone else.
Your data will only be viewed by the research team. Themes and direct quotes from your interview may be included in the written thesis report and any associated journal articles, but this information will be presented anonymously – your name and identifying information will not be included.
Your data will be processed in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation 2016 and the Data Protection Act 2018. All information collected about you will be kept strictly confidential. Your data will be referred to by a unique participant number rather than by name. If you consent to being audio recorded, all recordings will be destroyed once they have been transcribed.
All electronic data will be stored on a password-protected computer file saved on the research supervisor’s Coventry University One Drive. All paper records will be scanned to become electronic data; paper copies will then be shredded and disposed of securely. Your consent information will be kept separately from your responses. The supervisor will take responsibility for data destruction and all collected data will be destroyed on or before September 2028.
Contact Us
Mr Joseph Szablowski
Lead Researcher
Trainee Clinical Psychologist
Coventry University
Coventry
CV1 5FB
Email: szablowskj@coventry.ac.uk
Dr Magda Marczak
Researcher Supervisor
Chartered Psychologist and Lecturer in Clinical Psychology
Coventry University
Coventry
CV1 5FB
Email: Magdalena.Marczak@coventry.ac.uk