Factors influencing the attitude toward death in college nursing student

Abstract

This study examined the relationships between self-esteem, and the awareness of biomedical ethics and the quality of life and death attitude, as well as the factors influencing the death attitude among 130 nursing students in college. The data were analyzed using an independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression with the SPSS Win 14.0 Program. Significant positive correlations were observed between the self-esteem and death attitude, between the awareness of biomedical ethics and the death attitude. The predictors for the death attitude were self-esteem (β=.25) and awareness of biomedical ethics (β=.11). The model explained 21.2% (F=10.4, p<.001) of the variance. The findings indicated that more study will be needed to explore the factors influencing the death attitude and to develop education programs for reinforcing a positive death attitude among college nursing students.

Factors Influencing Respect for Life and Will of Korean Nursing Students

“…In this context, nursing college students who are training to become future nurses are more likely to encounter patients who are about to die in clinical practice or during major studies, and they experience stress just like nurses do when they participate in such nursing practices as part of their clinical training. This experience is reflected in their attitudes toward death and interpretations of death according to life-related perceptions [8]. In addition, nursing students are placed in a variety of ethical conflict situations when they encounter nursing patients awaiting impending death at a clinical practice site [3].…”

Awareness of good death, perception of life-sustaining treatment decision, and changes in nursing activities after decision to discontinue life-sustaining treatment among nurses in intensive care units at tertiary general hospitals

“…이에 따라 인간다운 삶의 질이 유지되지 않은 채 신체적, 정신적 고통을 받으며 삶을 유지하는 환자 수가 증가하였다 [2]. 따라서 인간으로서의 존엄과 가치 에 대해 사회적으로 제기되면서 환자의 삶의 질 보장과 죽음에 대한 자기결정을 존중하는 연명의료에 대한 관 심이 증가하고 있다 [3]. 이에 국립연명 의료기관을 통해 2016년 2월 「호스피스⋅완화의료 및 임종단계에 있는 환자의 연명의료결정에 관한 법률」(이하 "연명의료결정법") 이 제정되었고, 법에 따라 연명 의료결정제도가 2018년 2월 4일부터 시행되고 있다 [4].…”

Affecting Factors of the Awareness of Biomedical Ethics in Nursing Students

“…Govitz (Kwon, 2003에 재인용) (Ha, Kim, & Hwang, 2009 (Kim, Oh, Cheon, & Yoo, 2016). 죽음에 대한 태도는 생명의료윤리 의식과 관련되어 있다 (Kim, Yoo, & Cho, 2013) (Kim et al, 2016;Steward, Lord, & Mercer, 2000), 간 호학생에게 죽음을 앞둔 환자에 대한 인간생명의 존중 및 확 고한 윤리의식 정립이 필요함 (Kim et al, 2013) (Ahn, Cho, Choi, Choi, & Go, 2008;Kwon, 2003), 간호사를 대상으로 한 연구들 (Ha et al, 2009;Kim, Lee, & Hong, 2010) 이었으며 이들은 생명의료윤리의식 정도를 파악하거나 비교하는 연구들이었다. 간호학생 대상으 로는 생명의료윤리의식을 사회 인구학적 변수 (Jeong, 2013;Kwon, 2009), 비판적 사고성향 (Kim, Park, & Choi, 2014;Lim & Park, 2014), 전문직 자아개념 (Lim & Park, 2014) • 간호학생의 생명의료윤리의식에 영향을 미치는 다른 요인 을 더 파악하는 연구가 필요하다.…”