Caring for dying people: Attitudes among Iranian and Swedish nursing students

Iranmanesh, Sedigheh; Axelsson, Karin; Häggström, Terttu; Sävenstedt, Stefan

doi:10.4103/0973-1075.73643

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“…In other words, students who were older and had a more natural perception of death had a less negative attitude towards caring for people who were dying compared with those who were younger and had a less natural perception of death. Other components that influence attitudes toward caring for dying patients, from the students' point of view, are fear of death and religiosity, which are factors that are reported to increase negative feelings (Iranmanesh et al, 2010).…”

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Death and caring for dying patients: exploring first-year nursing students' descriptive experiences

Westin

Prahl

et al. 2014

Int J Palliat Nurs

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Aim: To describe first-year nursing students' experiences of witnessing death and providing end-of-life care. Methods: This study is part of a larger longitudinal project. Interviews (n=17) were conducted with nursing students at the end of their first year of education. To analyse the interviews (lived-experience descriptions), a thematic analysis, 'a search for meaning' (Van Manen, 1997) was applied. Results:The results are presented within the framework of four separate themes: (1) The thought of death is more frightening than the actual experience, (2) Daring to approach the dying patient and offering something of oneself, (3) The experience of not sufficing in the face of death and (4) Being confronted with one's own feelings. Conclusion: Nursing students require continuous support and opportunity to reflect and discuss their experiences about caring for dying patients and confronting death throughout the entirety of their education. In addition, teachers and clinical supervisors need to give support using reflective practice to help students to develop confidence in their capacity for caring for dying patients.

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Death and caring for dying patients: exploring first-year nursing students' descriptive experiences

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Prahl

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Int J Palliat Nurs

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“…A variety of other factors come in to play such as culture and religion and psychosocial aspects of care. Iranmanesh et al [23] in their comparison of Iranian and Swedish nursing students, found that attitudes towards palliative care differed substantially across cultures and suggested of palliative care.…”

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“…Garity feels this is necessary to avoid moral distress and retain nurses in practice and is also supported by external agencies which frequently accredit nursing courses. The need to address cultural sensitivity [23] and ethnic background [19] was also raised as an issue in relation to education strategies.…”

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Are newly graduated nurses ready to deal with death and dying? - A literature review

Deravin¹,

Anderson²,

Croxon³

2016

Nurs Palliat Care

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Objectives: This article examines the literature currently available to explore the readiness of students and new graduate nurses when faced with death and dying within the workplace.Design: This study was a systematic literature review on research articles from peer reviewed journals using the PRISMA framework.Data sources: Databases utilised in the search included EBSCOHost, Primo Search and Google Scholar.Review methods: Key search terms included new graduate nurses, life limiting illness, nursing undergraduate, nursing students, palliative care. Abstracts of these articles were reviewed to ensure that they related to new graduate and undergraduate nurse experiences with death and dying. Further interrogation of the reference lists located another 39 articles for possible inclusion. Duplicates were removed. Articles for inclusion were to be full text articles available in English and within the date range of 2009 to 2015. This left a total of 31 articles for the review.Results: From the review four key themes emerged. These were; the importance of palliative care in undergraduate nursing curricula, readiness for dealing with death and dying, the death experience for different patient populations and education strategies. Conclusions:There is an increasing emphasis on education strategies to assist with the end of life care knowledge and skills for nursing students. Simulation is seen to be a positive way to provide undergraduate education in end of life care as simulated exposure to dying patients is recognised as an effective means alleviating anxiety regarding death and the care of dying patients. While palliative care is viewed as an important aspect of undergraduate nursing education it is recognised as an area of practice that undergraduate nurses feel they are not adequately prepared for. Undergraduate education needs to incorporate skills such as having conversations and communicating effectively with patients and families experiencing end of life issues.

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“…The Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R) was also added and utilized in one of the studies (Iranmanesh et al, 2008). Other studies added information about the correlation between the characteristics of nursing students and FATCOD-B Score in the aims of study (Arslan et al, 2014;Iranmanesh, Axelsson, Häggström, & Sävenstedt, 2010). However, there is no evidence of studies which explore attitudes toward caring in dying patients in Indonesia.…”

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Nursing Students’ Attitudes towards Caring for Dying Patients

A'la

Setioputro

Kurniawan

2018

Nurs. Med. J. Nursing

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Background: Dying is a normal human phenomenon that requires a holistic care approach. Nurses' attitudes towards the care for dying patients need to be explored, understood, and analyzed to improve the quality of care in palliative setting, including in nursing students. Purpose: This study explored the nursing students' attitude and its relationship with the students' demographic profile in caring for the dying patients in Indonesia. Methods: This study used a quantitative descriptive cross-sectional research design. The samples were 192 nursing students from Universitas Jember, Indonesia, who were recruited by using simple random sampling. Data were collected using the Frommelt Attitudes towards the Care of the Dying Care Form B Indonesian version (FATCOD-BI). The reliability test of FATCOD-BI showed a Cronbach's alpha of 0.68, and the result of validity test using correlation coefficient showed the range of -0.278 to 0.544. Data were analyzed using frequency distribution, and mean differences test using t-test and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Results: Results showed that the mean of nursing students' attitudes in caring for dying patients was 93.83±5.96 (range 30-120). Gender and training experiences had no relationship with students' attitudes in caring for dying patients (p=0.22 and p=0.943). There was a relationship between the experiences and student academic level and the students' attitudes in caring for dying patients (p=0.023 and p=0.036). The students' experiences and academic level become a primary factor in the attitudes toward caring for dying patients. Conclusion: Findings revealed that student nurses' attitudes in caring for dying patients was in low category and there was no significant relationship between gender and training experience and students' attitudes towards caring for the dying patients. In contrast, experiences in caring for dying patients and academic level were associated with students' attitudes. Further studies in the development of curriculum on dying patient care emphasizing on socio-demographic status are recommended.

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Caring for dying people: Attitudes among Iranian and Swedish nursing students

Cited by 42 publications

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Death and caring for dying patients: exploring first-year nursing students' descriptive experiences

Death and caring for dying patients: exploring first-year nursing students' descriptive experiences

Are newly graduated nurses ready to deal with death and dying? - A literature review

Nursing Students’ Attitudes towards Caring for Dying Patients

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