Perawatan paliatif banyak diberikan pada anak dengan kanker yang berfokus untuk mengatasi keluhan yang timbul, tidak mengobati dan meningkatkan kualitas hidup anak diakhir kehidupannya. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi deskriptif. Sebanyak 7 perawat yang memberikan perawatan paliatif Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara dan dianalisa dengan metode Collaizi. Hasil penelitian mengidentifikasi enam tema yaitu memahami prinsip perawatan paliatif, cara memberikan perawatan paliatif, kepuasan dalam memberikan perawatan paliatif, tantangan dalam memberikan perawatan paliatif, upaya mengatasi tantangan serta harapan dan kebutuhan untuk meningkatkan perawatan paliatif. Direkomendasikan untuk pelatihan perawatan paliatif pada tim paliatif dan untuk meningkatkan akses pelayanan dengan memperbanyak pusat perawatan paliatif.
Palliative care are given to children with cancer in terminal condition that are focused on the symptoms management and increase the quality of life. The research applies qualitative method with descriptive phenomenology approach. The participant is a nurses who provide palliative care. The data was collected through interviews and analyzed using Collaizi method. Six themes were identified as a result of this study : understanding principal of palliative care, activity in providing palliative care, satisfaction to provide palliative care, challenge to provide palliative care, effort to handling in palliative care, hope and need to improve palliative care. The finding of this study describe there was different of perception about palliative care so the treatment provide was not optimal. This study recommends to palliative care training program to improve service access by increasing the number of palliave care center.
