Purpose
This study identified the experiences of self-reflection of a general ward nurses on the experience of end-of-life care for a patient who decided to suspend life-sustaining treatment and these experiences’ nature and meaning. Methods: van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenology research method was used to qualitatively analyze the data. The study participants were 20 nurses with more than three years of working in general wards of tertiary general hospitals. Data were collected through face-to-face in-depth interviews and direct observation by the researchers. Social distancing was practiced in accordance with COVID-19 social distancing policy. Results: Four existences were identified from which 5 main and 14 sub-themes were derived. Five essential themes emerged from the analysis: 1) Hoping to return to an undamaged body and knowing the preciousness of the body, 2) Realize that the ability to care for the dying patient becomes more mature with the increase in career, 3) The death in the treatment room like a death on street makes regrettable the absence of end-of-life rooms, 4) Seeing the preciousness of my life in accompaniment with death, and 5) Become aware of growing up as a professional nurse. Conclusion: The results of this study provided an in-depth understanding of the end-of-life experiences of patients who decided to suspend life-sustaining treatment in general ward nurses. It can be used to develop end-of-life nursing education for nurses and students and develop nursing interventions for end-of-life patients.

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of informational intervention delivered by electronic patient information board in the OR waiting room for reduction of anxiety of mothers with child having operation. METHOD: Nonequivalent control group non-synchronized design was used in this study. The subjects was 52 mothers whose children underwent elective surgery in one Pediatric Hospital. Informational intervention in this study consisted of four critical stages. State anxiety by Spielberger, mean arterial pressure, and heart rates at preoperative and postoperative period were measured. The data were analyzed by using Chi-Square test and t-test with SPSS/PC 10.0 program. RESULTS: 1) There was a significant difference in the state anxiety between the control and the experimental groups. 2) There was no significant difference in the mean arterial pressure between the two groups. 3) There was no significant difference in the heart rate between the two groups. CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicate that informational intervention delivered by electronic patient information board would be an effective intervention during the operation in reducing anxiety of mothers with child having operation.