KMID : 0856920140170030122
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Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care 2014 Volume.17 No. 3 p.122 ~ p.133
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Awareness of Good Death and Attitudes toward Terminal Care among Geriatric Hospital Nurses
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An Mi-Sook
Lee Keum-Jae
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Abstract
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Purpose: We conducted a descriptive correlational study to determine a relationship between nurses¡¯ awareness of good death and attitudes toward terminal care, which in turn could be used as basic data for improvement of the quality of terminal care at geriatric hospitals.
Methods: From April 3, 2013 through April 22, 2013, data were collected from 230 nurses working at geriatric hospitals.
Results: Nurses¡¯ attitudes toward terminal care showed no significant correlation with awareness of good death, but it was positively correlated with a sense of closeness, a subfactor of awareness of good death. There was negative correlation between emotions regarding a deathbed, a subfactor of attitudes of nurses in charge of terminal patients, and awareness of good death. We found positive correlation between terminal care performance and awareness of good death.
Conclusion: This study warrants the need for nursing education catered to characteristics of geriatric hospitals and development of diverse intervention strategies to help them to attain a positive attitude toward death by familiarizing themselves with the concept of good death and enhancing job satisfaction.
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KEYWORD
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Nurses, Attitude to death, Terminal care
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