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KMID : 0928020110150010123
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Nursing and Innovation
2011 Volume.15 No. 1 p.123 ~ p.135
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Hospital Nurses’ Attitude toward Care of the Dying
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Kwon So-Hi
Jung Eun-Hyang
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Abstract
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify hospital nurses’ attitude toward care of the dying.
Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted. A convenient sample of 200 nurses from 5 hospitals was obtained. Participants completed Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying Scale, Form B. 163 of 200(return rate 81.5%) were returned, and 159 were analyzed.
Result: Over three quarter(78.6%) of participants had experience of care for dying patients, and 23.3% had taken end of life care training. Although nurses strongly believed that it is beneficial for the dying person to verbalize his/her
feeling(4.22±.76), they reported relatively negative attitude in talking about impending death with the dying patients(3.49±.97) and being with the crying terminally ill person(2.96±.99).
Conclusion: The result of this study implied that there is a gap between what nurses’ knowing and how nurses’ feeling in caring for the dying. Therefore, end of life care training which designed to improve coping skills with challenging situations in care of the dying needs to be developed.
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KEYWORD
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Nurses, Terminal care, Perception, Attitude
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