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This study was conducted to examine the effects of an educational programme on shared decision-making on end-of-life care performance, moral sensitivity and attitude towards shared decision-making among Korean nurses. A quasi-experimental study with a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. Forty-one clinical nurses were recruited as participants from two different university hospitals located in Daegu, Korea. Twenty nurses in the control group received no intervention, and 21 nurses in the experimental group received the educational programme on shared decision-making. Data were collected with a questionnaire covering end-of-life care performance, moral sensitivity and attitude towards shared decision-making. Analysis of the data was done with the chi-square test, t-test and Fisher's exact test using SPSS/Win 17.0 (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). The experimental group showed significantly higher scores in moral sensitivity and attitude towards shared decision-making after the intervention compared with the control group. This study suggests that the educational programme on shared decision-making was effective in increasing the moral sensitivity and attitude towards shared decision-making among Korean nurses.

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The purpose of this study was to identify the family factors affecting on withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in Korea on the basis of Olson's Circumplex Model. A descriptive study was conducted with 364 Korean adults who had experienced a family member with cancer being hospitalized at least 1 month prior in Korea. Data were analysed by using the Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regressions with SPSS/WIN 15.0 program. The mean score of The mean score of withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment appeared low. Significant bivariate correlations were found among withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, family cohesion and family communication. Family factors predicting withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment were family cohesion and family communication. This study demonstrated that balanced families with optimal family cohesion and communication are predicted to easily accept withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for their family member at the terminal stage in Korea.

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Objective: To explore perceptions of aging among Korean undergraduate nursing students. Methods: The participants for the study were 102 undergraduate nursing students, selected from two universities in Korea. The questions were non-structured, open-ended in order for the students to make sufficiently complete statements regarding their experiences with aging. Results: The collected materials were classified into 4 themes, 13 sub-themes and 30 meaning units. Four themes emerged: fullness, emptiness, transference, and desirability. Most nursing students perceived aging positively as fullness and desirability, which are influenced by Confucianism. Conclusion: In conclusion, Confucianism as a cultural context should be considered to develop strategies for promoting a positive perception of aging in Korea. Keywords: Aging; Perception; Qualitative research; Students, nursing resumo Objetivo: Explorar a percepção sobre envelhecimento entre alunos de graduação em Enfermagem de duas universidades da Coréia do Sul. Métodos: Pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, do tipo descritivo com amostra de 102 graduandos em Enfermagem, selecionados com base em duas universidades desse país. As cinco questões utilizadas na pesquisa foram abertas, não estruturadas para possibilitar que os estudantes relatassem de modo completo suas experiências sobre envelhecimento; os relatos, obtidos entre os meses de setembro e novembro de 2010, foram submetidos à análise de conteúdo. Resultados: Os materiais coletados foram classificados em quatro temas: plenitude, vazio, transferência e conveniência. A maioria dos estudantes de enfermagem percebeu o envelhecimento de forma positiva em relação à plenitude e conveniência, que são influenciados por valores do confucionismo. Conclusão: O confucionismo deve ser considerado como um contexto cultural para desenvolver estratégias de promoção de percepção positiva do envelhecimento na Coréia do Sul. Descritores: Envelhecimento; Percepção; Pesquisa qualitativa; Estudantes de enfermagem resumen Objetivo: Explorar la percepción sobre el envejecimiento entre alumnos de pregrado en Enfermería de dos universidades de Corea del Sur. Métodos: Investigación con abordaje cualitativo, de tipo descriptivo realizado con una muestra de 102 graduandos en Enfermería, seleccionados en dos universidades de ese país. Las cinco preguntas utilizadas en la investigación fueron abiertas, no estructuradas para posibilitar que los estudiantes relaten de modo completo sus experiencias sobre envejecimiento; los relatos, obtenidos entre los meses de setiembre y noviembre del 2010, fueron sometidos al análisis de contenido. Resultados: Los materiales recolectados fueron clasificados en cuatro temas: plenitud, vacío, transferencia y conveniencia. La mayoría de los estudiantes de enfermería percibió al envejecimiento de forma positiva en relación a la plenitud y conveniencia, que son influenciados por valores del confucionismo. Conclusión: El confucionismo debe ser considerado como un contexto cultural para desarrollar estrategias...

The above findings indicate that death attitude for college students is influenced by self-efficacy, depression, and life satisfaction. These findings suggest that a death education program to improve life satisfaction and to give a positive attitude toward death is needed for college students.