Conceptual analysis of palliative care for patients with heart failure
ZHENG Gaigai
WANG Yujie
TIAN Huan
Abstract：Objective:To systematically analyze the concept of palliative care for patients with heart failure,clarify the evolution of palliative care,and clear the connotation of palliative care in nursing practice.Methods:China National Knowledge Infrastructure,China Medical Journal full-text database,PubMed,Medreading and Wanfang Database were systematically searched,and Rorgers evolutionary concept analysis method was used as the theoretical framework for analysis and discussion.Results:Palliative care mainly has the following four conceptual attributes,which includes that the care unit is the patient's family,respects the patient's autonomy,aims to improve the quality of life,and emphasizes communication.The reason is that in recent years,the field of palliative care services for patients with heart failure has been continuously developed and widely paid attention to.The consequence is that the service object of palliative care is no longer limited to patients with terminal cancer,and it has positive significance for patients with heart failure and their families.Conclusions:Through conceptual analysis,the conceptual attributes of palliative care for patients with heart failure are clarified.In the future,researchers can combine the connotation of palliative care for patients with heart failure to conduct a comprehensive and in-depth study on palliative care for patients with heart failure.
Keywords：heart failurepalliative carehospice careconceptual analysis
Publication Date：2024-11-15
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 3961-3964 )