End of life care education, past and present: A review of the literature

Gillan, Pauline C.; Riet, Pamela J. van der; Jeong, Sarah Yeun‐Sim

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2013.06.009

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“…Studies whose subjects are Nursing students have shown that dealing with death and dying generates anxiety 9 , and the professionals feel unprepared to provide care for terminal patients [12][13] . In view of this, the question is: how do Medicine students deal with situations that involve death?…”

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A morte no cotidiano da graduação: um olhar do aluno de medicina

Duarte

Almeida

Popim

2015

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This was a qualitative study in which the aim was to describe how fourth and sixthyear undergraduate students of human medicine deal with situations involving death. The theoretical-methodological reference framework of phenomenology was used. Both the fourth and the sixthyear students considered that death was a taboo subject, given that it was little discussed during the medical training. For the fourth-year students, the unpleasant feelings and sensations that accompany death in the context of care were mitigated by the teacher"s presence and also by the expectation of learning. The sixthyear students revealed that experiencing the context of terminal illness and death enabled learning and incorporation of this topic into daily medical practice, despite the insecurities and difficulties presented. Hence, in addition to technical knowledge, skills in interpersonal relationships and emotional bonding are important for medical professionals in coping with the fatigue of clinical practice.

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“…Furthermore, it is possible to verify the absence of didactic books and contents about death in the curricula [10][11]13,17 . The school experiences the denial of death and transports it to teaching 13,17 .…”

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A morte no cotidiano da graduação: um olhar do aluno de medicina

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2015

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“…A previous study reported that negative attitudes from nurses, such as the feeling of fear and anxiety in nursing care, could decrease the quality of care in dying patients (Grubb & Arthur, 2016). Furthermore, another previous study also reported that negative responses of nurses facing a dying process were evoked such as anxieties, fears, and the helplessness that influence the quality of care (Gillan, van der Riet, Jeong, Riet, & Jeong, 2014). Beck, Tornquist, Brostrom, and Edberg (2012) stated that nurses need to describe their feeling through pained expression when caring for the dying patients.…”

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“…However, recent studies reported that nursing students feel unprepared when they should face patients and family within dying care (Gillan et al, 2014;Wallace et al, 2009). Grubb and Arthur (2016) emphasized that positive students' attitudes in caring for dying patients can be used as an indicator of effective therapeutic relationship with dying patients.…”

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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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“…Unfortunately, studies on nurses' attitudes to caring for terminally ill persons showed that dealing with death and dying evokes negative emotions, such as feelings of helplessness or surrender, and creates fears, anxieties and anguishes that affect the quality of the care provided to patients [3][4][5] . A recent study reported that nurse assistants often described palliative care as a contrast to the everyday care they performed, in that they had a concrete possibility to provide the care the patient's needed [6] .…”

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Attitudes toward caring for dying patients: An overview among Italian nursing students and preliminary psychometrics of the FATCOD-B scale

Leombruni

Miniotti

Bovero

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JNEP

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Background: Extensive research indicated that nursing students at the end of their curricula feel unprepared to care for the dying. Therefore, studies on nursing students' attitudes to caring for dying patients play a key role in nursing education, and the FATCOD-B scale is the only tool that specifically evaluates them. Methods:A cross-sectional study design was used. During 2013, the FATCOD-B scale was administered to a sample of 82 nursing students. Descriptive statistics, the Student's t-test, Cronbach's alpha and principal components analysis were used in data analyses. Results:Italian nursing students' scores on the FATCOD-B scale seemed to be lower than literature evidence on sums of ratings; however, mean ratings revealed similar levels of attitudes to the dying. Gender and personal experience with dying persons were not predictors of FATCOD-B scores. Internal consistency of the FATCOD-B scale was not satisfactory. Principal component analysis found a four-factor questionable solution for the FATCOD-B scale. Conclusions:Findings from the present study suggest a need for end-of-life care nursing education in Italy. The preliminary results concerning the psychometrics of the scale suggest that the Italian version of the FATCOD-B could be in need of revision. The implications for practice are discussed.

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End of life care education, past and present: A review of the literature

Abstract: This review highlights issues with end of life care education and suggests that end of life care simulation is an innovative strategy that may help to prepare undergraduate nursing students to provide quality end of life care.

Cited by 159 publications

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A morte no cotidiano da graduação: um olhar do aluno de medicina

A morte no cotidiano da graduação: um olhar do aluno de medicina

Nursing Students’ Attitudes towards Caring for Dying Patients

Attitudes toward caring for dying patients: An overview among Italian nursing students and preliminary psychometrics of the FATCOD-B scale

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