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KMID : 1036620150030020361
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Journal of Korean Clinical Health Science
2015 Volume.3 No. 2 p.361 ~ p.371
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A Study on Ethical Attitude to DNR and Terminal Care Performance of Hospital Nurse
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Son Yu-Lim
Seo Young-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purposed of this study was done to DNR attitude and terminal care performance among hospital nurses.
Methods: The participants were 207 nurses working in hospital nurses in D and G cities. Data on DNR attitude and terminal care performance were collected via questionnaire between April 2015 and July 2015. Data analysis was done with SPSS 12.0 program and included one-way ANOVA, independent t-test, and Pearson correlation.
Result: DNR attitude of participants in this study were shown to have high levels (DNR attitude: M=32.64/60, SD=6.14). Terminal care performance of participants in this study were shown to have poor levels (physical M=20.72/32, SD=3.77, psychological M=20.26/32, SD=3.85, spiritual M=9.62/24, SD=3.65). The attitude of the hospital nurse was significantly different according to the marital status. The terminal care performance was significantly different according to experience of terminal care. The DNR attitude by nurses was positively correlation to physioloical terminal care performance(r=.137, p<.049) but the relationship between the psychological terminal care performance( r=.016, p=.815) and spiritual terminal care performance showed no correlation(r=-.099, p=.157).
Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that it is necessary to increase DNR attitude and to encourage terminal care performance among hospital nurses.
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KEYWORD
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DNR attitude, Hospital nurse, Terminal care attitude
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