This study was to identyfy attitudes of nurses and nursing students towards death and dying patients. A questionnaire to measure attitudes toward death and dying patients was given to 173 nurses and 146 nursing students in a baccalaurate nursing program.
The data were analyzed by the percentage, x²-test using SPSS computer program.
The results of the present study were follows ：
1. The general meaning of death ： In response to the question of the first time when you meet death, 57.6％ of respondents replied over 10 years. (p<.05) when the respondents were asked how your family mention the issue of death, when you were young, 42.9％ respondents replied that I don’t have any memory of talking about death. (p<.05). The 90.6％ of respondents felt that was natural process. (p<.05) The 45.8％ of respondents think that the fundamental cause of the increase in death during the past fifty years is environmental pollution(air pollution). There was a statistically significant difference between nurses and nursing students(p<.005)
2. The 43.7％ of respondents wanted to help dying patient about nursing patient at their deathbeds. (p<.005)
3. The 26.6％ of respondents replied that the motive for thinking about death was watching the signs of the death of a family. (p<.0005)
4. Elements concerned with the attitudes toward death ： when the respondents were asked what has most influnced your present attitude toward death, 32.9％ respondents replied that my own contemplation on it. (p<.005)
5. In the contents with included the nursing care planning for the desperate patient, the 26.3％ of respondents to maintain their dignity, respect, and humanity, (p<.0000) and when the respondents were asked how have you treated desperate patients 46.7％ respondents replied they has talked a lot with them and paid every attention to any slight thing. (p<,0005) In 52.1％ respondents replied that the seperation of desperate patients from other patients is a good way for them and another patients as well. (p<.0000)
6. Respones to dialogues with patients about death： For the question that you should inform desperate patients of their inpending death, the 61.4％ of respondents replied up to the situation, the 34.8％ of respondents replied "yes". (p<.05) For the question of that your feeling when you told the desperate patients about their death, 65.5％ of respondents replied that they have not experienced, 18.6％ of respondents answered that I hoped not to do it again because of the heavy burden. (p<.05)
7. Response to the pain of desperate patients： The 45.5％ respondents replied that psychological and physical pain in the process of death were the most difficult suffering, (p<.0000) 59.9％ respondents replied fear of death were the most difficult. (p<.0000) 62,7％ respondents replied that they should do their best to apply only reasonable ways according to their physical condition about the ways of threatment of desperate patients. (p<.0005)
8. In the response to question that what you will do for the family of the patient on patient deathbed "I shall leave them alone with understanding" was 63.0％. There was a statistically significant difference between nurses and nursing students. (p<.005)
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