“Nurses caught in the middle”: A qualitative study of nurses’ perspectives on the decision to transfer deteriorating nursing home residents to emergency departments in Singapore

Nursing home nurses are pivotal in recognising resident deterioration and initiating the decision-making process on resident transfer to emergency departments. However, their decisions have not been adequately explored in the Asian context which places a strong emphasis on family connection and has a longstanding history of considering end-of-life discussion as a taboo.

Source: Collegian - November 13, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Phuong Thanh Nguyen, Sok Ying Liaw, Apphia Jia Qi Tan, Khairul Dzakirin Bin Rusli, Laurence Lean Chin Tan, Hongli Sam Goh, Wei Ling Chua Source Type: research