Role adaptation of nurses caring for older adults with terminal diseases in geriatric hospitals

Nurses play a unique role as guardians protecting the end-of-life quality of elderly patients. Their role needs to be expanded and strengthened via effective coping strategies and comprehensive legal, education, welfare, and professional promotion support policies. The substantive theory offered by this study may be applied by nurses, department leaders, geriatric hospital managers, and national-level institutions to underpin future interventions and improve role adaptation.