KMID : 0388320110180030411
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Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing 2011 Volume.18 No. 3 p.411 ~ p.420
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Differences in Awareness and Ethical Attitudes about Do-Not-Resuscitate among Emergency Departments" Team
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Park Hak-Young
Sung Mi-Hae
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Abstract
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Purpose:The aim of this study was to exam differences in awareness and ethical attitudes associated with Do-Not- Resuscitate (DNR) among emergency department"s team.
Method:The participants in this study were 402 emergency department"s team working in the 41 hospitals. The data was collected by using ¡°awareness measuring tool¡± by Kang (2003) and ¡°ethical attitudes measuring tool¡± by Ko (2004) from May 1 to September 15, 2009. Collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient using SPSS WIN 14.0 program.
Results:74.4% of subjects was responded that they had never been educated about DNR, but 73.9% of subjects was responded that they had experienced DNR in the emergency room. The majority of subjects responded that the patients and their families should make a decision about the DNR. There was a difference in an appropriate time for explanation of DNR among emergency department"s team. There was a difference in ethical attitudes associated with Do-Not- Resuscitate among emergency department"s team.
Conclusion:For a professional and systematic approach to the problem, DNR guideline sufficient to elicit a social consensus is needed.
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KEYWORD
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Emergency service, Awareness, Ethics
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