KMID : 0856920130160020080
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Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care 2013 Volume.16 No. 2 p.80 ~ p.89
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A Study of Intensive Care Unit Nurses¡¯ Understanding of the Meaning of Death, Death Anxiety, Death Concern and Respect for Life
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Kang Jeong-Hwa
Han Suk-Jung
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Abstract
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Purpose: We investigated how intensive care unit (ICU) nurses understand the meaning of death, death anxiety, death concern and respect for life. Methods: From November 2009 through February 2010, a survey was conducted on 230 nurses working at the ICU of 10 general hospitals located in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. Participants were asked to answer a questionnaire consisted of 67 questions under four categories of the meaning of death, death anxiety, death concern and respect for life. Results: Participants scored 4.27 points on their understanding of the meaning of death, 4.43 on death anxiety, 4.12 on death concern and 4.18 on respect for life. Participants¡¯ meaning of death was negatively correlated with death anxiety and death concern and positively with respect for life. Participants¡¯ positive meaning of death was negatively correlated with death anxiety and death concern and positively with respect for life. Participants¡¯ negative meaning of death was negatively correlated with death anxiety and death concern and positively with respect for life. Participants¡¯ death anxiety was positively correlated with death concern and negatively with respect for life. Participants¡¯ death concern was negatively correlated with respect for life. Conclusion: Compared with nurses who served at ICU for a long time, nurses with less ICU experience scored lower on the meaning of death and respect for life, while they presented high anxiety and concern about death. A training course may help nurses develop their view on the meaning of death, which in turn would enhance their performance in caring dying patients.
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KEYWORD
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Death, Anxiety, Life, Intensive care units, Nurses
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