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KMID : 0869920200260010056
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Journal of Korean Academy Society of Nursing Education
2020 Volume.26 No. 1 p.56 ~ p.66
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Nursing Students’ Experiences with Patient Deaths during Clinical Practice
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Kang Hyun-Ju
Choe Hye-Jeong
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore nursing students’ experiences with patient deaths during clinical practice.
Methods: The participants were ten nursing students who had experienced patient deaths during clinical nursing practice at a university hospital in Korea. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted, and the data were analyzed using the content analysis method suggested by Graneheim and Lundman (2004).
Results: The participants’ experience was structured into six categories: experiencing various emotions in facing patient deaths, viewing oneself as a nursing student at the scene of a patient's death, thinking about death again, finding a pathway of understanding and support for patient death experiences, impressions and regret felt while actually observing terminal care, and picturing oneself as a future nurse dealing with a patient's death.
Conclusion: Based on this study, stress management and self-reflection programs are suggested for nursing students who have experienced patient deaths. Practical nursing education for patient death and end of life care is also needed.
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KEYWORD
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Patients, Death, Nursing students, Qualitative research
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