Empirical Research Review: Challenges Experienced by Nurses and Other Health Workers in Breaking Bad News

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Student’s Name
Institution of Learning
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH REVIEW:
CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED BY
NURSES AND OTHER HEALTH
WORKERS IN BREAKING BAD NEWS

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Methodology
 Qualitative empirical research establishes the perception consideration and calculated
occurrence that acquire cognition from authentic circumstances rather than opinions and
credence.
 It is a qualitative type of research. Difficulties encountered by the health worker in
breaking unpleasant news to patients, relatives, and individuals.
 The unpleasant news might be about a chronic disease a patient has developed. The test
outcomes from the laboratory. Failed medication which has led to the deterioration of a
patient's health and death of a patient.

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Was the methodology appropriate to the
research question?
 The approach used in the study was suitable as the researchers were able to get real
information from the health care worker and nurses in diverse healthcare facilities such
as hospitals, hospices, dispensaries.
 The health care workers were attending an educational seminar that lasted for two days.
The research clearly described the approach used in the research.
 Participants in the research were clearly identified as the health workers, nurses and
professional that were attending a two days study.

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Was the methodology clearly defined?
 The questionnaire required the participants to describe examples of the situation they experienced
when discharging their duties in breaking bad news (Abazari, Taleghani, Hematti, & Ehsani, 2017).
 The roles were classified under four themes, namely; examination and treatment of an ailment
encompassing the examination results, the outcome of a disease, controlling reactions and the
attention given at the end of life (Ewing, Ngwenya, Benson, Gilligan, Bailey, Seymour, Farquhar,
2016).
 The study further expounds on grouping the genesis of the hardships they were facing into
diverse themes.
 The themes included condition, healthcare institutions, patients, relatives to the patient and
individual. Each theme was distinctly described and conclusions are drawn giving different
difficulties experienced by health workers.