How Does It Feel to Be in Isolation Room? A Narrative Inquiry of Neutropenic Patients

Achmad Fauji, Aty Nurilawati Rahayu

2018

Abstract

Leukemia is a malignancy disease that requires aggressive medical management i.e. chemotherapy. One of the side effects of chemotherapy on patients with leukemia is neutropenia. Neutropenia requires special handling including treatment in isolation rooms. This study is an observational study that aims to explore the experiences of leukemia patients who experiencing neutropenia during treatment in isolation rooms. The transcribed interviews were analyzed by methods of qualitative research. Participants in this research are patients currently under treatment in an isolation room or previously ever treated in the isolation room before. The number of participants in this study amounted to four participants. Research methods in this study was a narrative inquiry with data retrieval through in-depth interviews using a recorder and field notes. The results found that almost all patients feeling lonely, all patients have a misunderstanding about neutropenia and febrile neutropenia, patients have told their hopes as well as coping mechanisms during the treatment. Suggestions addressed to the healthcare worker to more often to communicate with patients as long as they are in isolation rooms, providing the patient with counseling and education about neutropenia and febrile neutropenia before, during and after treatment

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Fauji A. and Nurilawati Rahayu A. (2018). How Does It Feel to Be in Isolation Room? A Narrative Inquiry of Neutropenic Patients.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Indonesian National Nurses Association - Volume 1: ICINNA, ISBN 978-989-758-406-0, pages 88-94. DOI: 10.5220/0008203400880094

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinna18,
author={Achmad Fauji and Aty Nurilawati Rahayu},
title={How Does It Feel to Be in Isolation Room? A Narrative Inquiry of Neutropenic Patients},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Indonesian National Nurses Association - Volume 1: ICINNA,},
year={2018},
pages={88-94},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008203400880094},
isbn={978-989-758-406-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Indonesian National Nurses Association - Volume 1: ICINNA,
TI - How Does It Feel to Be in Isolation Room? A Narrative Inquiry of Neutropenic Patients
SN - 978-989-758-406-0
AU - Fauji A.
AU - Nurilawati Rahayu A.
PY - 2018
SP - 88
EP - 94
DO - 10.5220/0008203400880094