Nursing Practice Guidelines Development for Advance Care Plan for Palliative Care Banphaeng Hospital Nakhon Phanom Province

Abstract

     This action research aimed to develop and evaluate nursing practice guidelines development for advance care plan for palliative care Banphaeng hospital Nakhon Phanom province. The research period from November 2566 - February 2567. Sample size were 30 palliative care patients, selected through purposive selection. Research tools included palliative care performance scale, anxiety and depression scale, performance scale of nursing practice guidelines for advance care plan for palliative, and satisfaction performance scale. Statistical analysis involved frequency, percentage, mean (), standard deviation (S.D.), compared analysis of professional nursings’ satisfaction scores for nursing practice guidelines development for advance care plan for palliative care against a criterion (4.00 points or 80.00%), and qualitative content analysis.
     The research found:1. Effect of nursing practice guidelines development for advance care plan for palliative care, comprised 6 categories. In each category, clear care guidelines were elucidated, appropriately aligned with the context of Baphaeaeng hospital. 2. Evaluation of predefined indicators for palliative care patient care met all criteria. 3. After nursing practice guidelines development, professional nursing s’ satisfaction scores were high at 96.67%, significantly surpassing the criterion (4.00 points or 80.00%) with statistical significance (p< 0.01).