Student nurses’ experience of and attitudes towards care of the dying: A cross-sectional study

Grubb, Catherine; Arthur, Antony

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“…Studies suggest that older nurses may have greater acceptance of death as an escape attitude for suffering and pain and have more positive attitudes toward death compared to younger nurses. 13,17 The high scores in approach acceptance and escape acceptance among male undergraduates was considered an interesting finding in this research. This result contradicts the literature that highlights women as having the most positive attitudes towards death when compared to men.…”

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“…This result contradicts the literature that highlights women as having the most positive attitudes towards death when compared to men. 13,17 In this perspective, studies indicate that women in general fear death on a larger scale, perhaps due to the fact that they express their emotions more easily than men. 15 It was not possible to verify the existence of a relationship between the attitudes towards death and the experiences of personal and professional loss experienced by undergraduates, but negative attitudes towards death may be related to the lack of preparation during the educational process in undergraduate studies.…”

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“…[7][8]18 As evidenced in the present study, 758 (75.4%) students did not participate in any discussion on the subject of death and dying during the undergraduate course, which may impact the way care is performed. 10,13,[17][18] A literature review 18 clarifies the need for professional training on the subject of death and dying, as well as previous training programs from the beginning of professional practice as part of the education of nurses A study performed with two different groups of nurses observed that, after a group received training on the subject of death, the attitudes towards the death of these nurses became positive, while the other group, who did not have access to the same training, did not obtain significant changes. 19 Those educated about death and dying are better able to care for people who are dying.…”

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Avaliação Do Perfil De Atitudes Acerca Da Morte: Estudo Com Graduandos Da Área De Saúde

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Sousa

Lago

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Objective: to identify the profile of attitudes towards death in undergraduate students from in the health science area.Method: a cross-sectional study performed with undergraduates from six healthcare courses of a public university in the Federal District. The Death Attitude Profile Assessment Scale and a sociodemographic questionnaire were applied.Results: a total of 1,005 students participated in the study. The neutral acceptance attitude obtained higher average scores among the undergraduate students, higher averages in the fear of death dimension are presented in younger students and lower means of avoidance of death in older students, who attended the first semester of the undergraduate course. The acceptance and approach acceptance dimensions obtained higher averages in male undergraduate students. It was observed that 59.9% of the participants had no prior experience of loss and 75.4% reported not having participated in any discussions about death or dying.Conclusion: based on the results found in the research, the need for discussions on the subject of death and dying beginning in the first semesters in undergraduate courses is reinforced, this is in order to provide a positive attitude towards death and future health professionals exercise their care in a more qualified manner DESCRIPTORS: Attitude towards death. Death. Thanatology. Grief. Students of health sciences. Resultados: participaram da pesquisa 1.005 estudantes. A atitude de aceitação neutra obteve maiores médias dentre os graduandos da amostra, médias mais elevadas na dimensão medo da morte apresentam-se em graduandos mais jovens e médias mais baixas de evitamento da morte em graduandos com maior idade, que cursavam os primeiros semestres da graduação. As dimensões aceitação de escape e religiosa obtiveram médias mais elevadas nos graduandos do sexo masculino. Observou-se que 59,9% dos participantes não tiveram experiência prévia de perda e 75,4% referiram não ter participado de discussões acerca da morte e do morrer. AVALIAÇÃO DO PERFIL DE ATITUDESConclusão: com base nos resultados encontrados na pesquisa, reforça-se a necessidade de discussões sobre a temática da morte e do morrer desde os primeiros semestres na graduação, com a finalidade de oportunizar uma atitude positiva frente à morte e o exercício de um cuidado mais qualificado entre os futuros profissionais de saúde. Método: estudio transversal realizado con graduandos de seis cursos de salud de una universidad pública del Distrito Federal. Se aplicó la Escala de Evaluación del Perfil de Actitudes Acerca de la Muerte y un cuestionario sociodemográfico. DESCRITORES:Resultados: participaron de la investigación 1005 estudiantes. La actitud de aceptación neutra obtuvo mayores promedios entre los graduandos de la muestra, las medias más elevadas en la dimensión miedo a la muerte se presentan en graduandos más jóvenes y medias más bajas de evitación de la muerte en graduandos con mayor edad, que cursaban los primeros semestres de la graduación. Las dimensiones aceptadas de escape ...

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“…The patients may observe the whole nursing activities so that nurses' attitudes become very important. 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).…”

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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. Positive attitudes towards dying patients become a central role in developing EOLC curricula (Jeffers, 2014), and thus should be explored for the development of appropriate curricula in EOLC education.…”

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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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Nursing students’ attitudes towards death and caring for dying patients

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Death is one of the most intense emotional experiences that people encounter regardless of their cultural, ethnic and religious beliefs.Everyone will have to go through it or probably through watching someone dying at some point in their lives. However, for nurses, the issue is a bit different (Jafari et al., 2015). Nurses encounter situations where they care for dying patients and witness death on daily basis. They may experience difficulties in coping with their responsibilities to care for dying patients (A'la et al., 2018). They also have a responsibility to assist and support holistic patients' needs (A'la et al., 2018). To be able to do so, nurses should have positive attitudes towards caring in general, and during the dying process, in particular (Hebert et al., 2011). Although the main role of nurses is the preservation of life, death is an inevitable event in every individual's life (Sinclair, 2011). Nurses deliver care to those individuals, and their attitudes towards death are essential in the delivery of care (Grubb & Arthur, 2016). Feelings of uncertainty about death may cause nurses to avoid topics related to death, to develop escape acceptance from death and dying issues and to avoid palliative care

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Student nurses’ experience of and attitudes towards care of the dying: A cross-sectional study

Abstract: The length of time in education and practical experience of caring for dying individuals are independently associated with positive attitudes towards care of the dying among student nurses.

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Avaliação Do Perfil De Atitudes Acerca Da Morte: Estudo Com Graduandos Da Área De Saúde

Avaliação Do Perfil De Atitudes Acerca Da Morte: Estudo Com Graduandos Da Área De Saúde

Nursing Students’ Attitudes towards Caring for Dying Patients

Nursing students’ attitudes towards death and caring for dying patients

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