Development of A Palliative Care System for Terminally Ill Patients Detudom Crown Prince Hospital

Abstract

           Action research to develop a palliative care system for terminally ill patients at Detudom crown prince hospital. The participants in the research were professional nurses, doctors, and pharmacists who provide palliative care to terminally ill patients. They were purposively selected from 12 wards in 3 departments, divided into 2 groups: Group 1, a group that developed a palliative care system for terminally ill patients, consisting of 10 people, and Group 2, a group that implemented the developed palliative care system for terminally ill patients, consisting of 145 people. The operation process is divided into 4 steps:   1) Planning phase 2) Operation phase, which lasts for 4 weeks 3) Observation phase, which is observing and evaluating the performance of the developed system, which lasts for 4 weeks 4) Reflection phase. The research results found that when the palliative care system of Detudom Crown Prince Hospital was developed and used in the care of patients, it consisted of organizational structure, resource support, patient care coordination, data recording, explanatory meetings, patient care processes, operational flowcharts, community continuity care systems, and performance evaluation., It has an effect on professional nurses who use the system, as assessed by the average satisfaction score. = 4.09, S.D. = 0.71