Background: End-of-life palliative care is provided to individuals who have a progressive and incurable disease or injury. The meaning of palliative care is to promote quality of life and to alleviate the relief of patients but also those close to them. Previous research shows that patients in palliative care have a limited everyday life and that they become more dependent on nurses, which in turn leads to reduced autonomy. There was also a lack of communication among nurses and relatives. Method: Systematic literature study with a descriptive summary, 13 care science articles were analysed, all of which have a qualitative approach. Aim: The aim of the thesis is to describe nurses' experiences of caring for patients at the end of life. Results: The analysis revealed two themes; experiences of challenges in care and experiences of being present in care. The first theme included three subthemes; to understand the importance of communication, to experience a lack of knowledge and experience and to be affected emotionally, which was about the communication difficulty and challenges those nurses encountered. The second theme in turn included two subthemes; to experience the care as rewarding and meaningful and to promote good relationships in the care, which were about how nurses were personally affected in the care of patients at the end of life and in the treatment of relatives. Conclusion: The nurse experienced gratitude in caring for the patient at the end of life. The nurse experienced the care as rewarding and satisfying when they promoted good relationships with the patient and relatives. However, the nurse experienced challenges in care due to lack of knowledge and experience. This led to the nurse experiencing an obstacle to meeting the patient's needs.

Introduktion: Traumatisk hjärnskada är en av det ledande orsakerna till mortalitet och morbiditet globalt. Traumatisk hjärnskada graderas som mild, måttlig eller svår skada. Prognosen kan variera beroende på allvarlighetsgraden, långvarig medvetslöshet samt storleken på primär och sekundär skada. De förlorade eller nedsatta funktioner som hjärnskadan medfört kan i olika grad påverka individers livssituation. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva hur individer med en traumatisk hjärnskada upplever sin livssituation tiden efter den akuta fasen av skadan. Metod: En kvalitativ systematisk litteraturstudie med beskrivande design. Studiens resultat baserades på 10 vetenskapliga originalartiklar från databaserna PubMed och CINAHL. Resultat: Fyra huvudkategorier identifierades: komplikationer, ett annat liv, mötet med hälso- och sjukvården samt vardagen med traumatisk hjärnskada. De mest framträdande komplikationerna var fysiska, kognitiva och psykosociala svårigheter. En förändrad självbild och att acceptera skadan gav upphov till känslan av ett annat liv efter skadan. Information, kommunikation och stöd var viktiga delar i mötet med hälso- och sjukvården. Vardagen med traumatisk hjärnskada omfattade närståendes betydelse, arbetsliv och återhämtning vilket var viktiga delar för en fungerande vardag. Slutsats: Individer som drabbats av traumatisk hjärnskada upplever i olika grad att livet förändras efter skadan. Hur komplikationer inverkar på livet, känslan av ett annat liv, mötet med hälso- och sjukvården samt vardagen med traumatisk hjärnskada var dominerande upplevelser som alla påverkade och kunde förändra individens livssituation. Upplevelserna av en förändrad livssituation kan bidra till känslan av att inte fylla sin funktion i livet vilket kan resultera i en minskad känsla av sammanhang. För att tillmötesgå dessa individer och optimera förutsättningarna krävs god information, kommunikation, förståelse och planering från hälso- och sjukvården och samhället.  Nyckelord: traumatisk hjärnskada, vuxna, livsavgörande händelser, känsla av sammanhang, kvalitativ systematisk litteraturstudie / Introduction: Traumatic brain injury is a worldwide leading cause of death and disability. Traumatic brain injuries can be graded as mild, moderate and severe. The prognosis can vary depending on severity, length of unconsciousness and the size of the primary and/or secondary trauma. The reduced or lost functions that the brain injury brings can to various extents influence individuals’ life situation. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe how individuals with a traumatic brain injury experience their life situation following the acute phase of the injury.  Method: Qualitative systematic literature study with a descriptive design. The result of the study is based on 10 scientific original articles from the databases PubMed and CINAHL. Results: Four main categories were identified: Complications, Another life, Encounter with healthcare and Daily life with traumatic brain injury. The most prominent complications were physical, cognitive and psychosocial difficulties. A changed self-perception and to accept the injury contributed to the sense of another life after the injury. Information, communication and support were crucial factors in the encounter with healthcare. Daily life with traumatic brain injury included the importance of relatives, working life and recovery which were important factors for a functional daily life. Conclusion: Individuals with traumatic brain injury experience life changes in varying degrees after the injury. Important aspects of the individuals’ life situation included: impact of complications, a feeling of a different life, encounters with healthcare and perceptions of daily life. The experiences of life changes may contribute to a feeling of not being able to fulfill life's duties. That may result in a lower sense of coherence. Adjustment and improvement of the conditions for these individuals require adequate information, communication, understanding and planning from healthcare and society.  Keywords: traumatic brain injury, adults, life change events, sense of coherence, qualitative systematic literature study Introduction: Traumatic brain injury is a worldwide leading cause of death and disability. Traumatic brain injuries can be graded as mild, moderate and severe. The prognosis can vary depending on severity, length of unconsciousness and the size of the primary and/or secondary trauma. The reduced or lost functions that the brain injury brings can to various extents influence individuals’ life situation. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe how individuals with a traumatic brain injury experience their life situation following the acute phase of the injury.  Method: Qualitative systematic literature study with a descriptive design. The result of the study is based on 10 scientific original articles from the databases PubMed and CINAHL. Results: Four main categories were identified: Complications, Another life, Encounter with healthcare and Daily life with traumatic brain injury. The most prominent complications were physical, cognitive and psychosocial difficulties. A changed self-perception and to accept the injury contributed to the sense of another life after the injury. Information, communication and support were crucial factors in the encounter with healthcare. Daily life with traumatic brain injury included the importance of relatives, working life and recovery which were important factors for a functional daily life. Conclusion: Individuals with traumatic brain injury experience life changes in varying degrees after the injury. Important aspects of the individuals’ life situation included: impact of complications, a feeling of a different life, encounters with healthcare and perceptions of daily life. The experiences of life changes may contribute to a feeling of not being able to fulfill life's duties. That may result in a lower sense of coherence. Adjustment and improvement of the conditions for these individuals require adequate information, communication, understanding and planning from healthcare and society.  Keywords: traumatic brain injury, adults, life change events, sense of coherence, qualitative systematic literature study