Nursing Experience and the Care of Dying Patients

Dunn, Karen S.; Otten, Cecilia; Stephens, Elizabeth

doi:10.1188/05.onf.97-104

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“…The findings of the present study confirm earlier findings of Dunn et al [13], Feudtner et al [14] and Lange et al [11] that used even larger samples. Frequent exposure will tend to reduce the anxiety level of the nurse while attending to the critically sick patient and his family.…”

Section: Length Of Time Spent In Cancer Wardsupporting

confidence: 83%

Nurses’ Use of Facilitating and Blocking Communication Behaviours in Cancer Care

Chinweuba¹

2013

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Section: Length Of Time Spent In Cancer Wardsupporting

confidence: 83%

Nurses’ Use of Facilitating and Blocking Communication Behaviours in Cancer Care

Chinweuba¹

2013

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“…In general, it can be implied that experiences with death improve attitudes towards care of the dying among nurses, but not in significant amounts. Our results also disagreed with a study done by Dunn et al 8 who found that positive attitudes and care are associated with more experience of taking care of dying patients. Thus, nurses who have more years of experience and more personal experiences with dying patients will be better suited to care for the dying patient.…”

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“…Results showed that there was significant relationship between attitudes score with age. Dunn et al 8 found that positive attitudes and care are associated with more experience and age in taking care of dying patients. Thus, nurses who have more years of experience and more years of working with dying patients will be better suited to care for the dying patients.…”

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Nurses’ attitude toward the care of dying cases in the cardiac center in Erbil city

Abdulla

Sheren

Naqshbandi

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the Frommelt Attitudes toward Care of the Dying Scale (FATCOD) and demographics questionnaire designed and copyrighted by Katherine Frommlet in 1988. Results: The study indicated that there was positive attitude among study samples. Results showed that no significant relationship between attitudes score with gender, nurse education, and duration of service, while there was significant association between high attitudes score with older ages (P = 0.003). Conclusion: The nurse's attitudes toward dealing with dying cases were positive in the majority of related items, and there were no associations between gender, duration of experience, and level of education and their attitude, while it was found a significant association between ages and attitudes towards care of the dying. Keywords: Attitude, Care of Dying, Cardiac Centre. Salih A. Abdulla * Nazar Ali Sheren * Vian A. Naqshbandi ** Namir G. Al-Tawil *** Nurses' attitude toward the care …….

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“…Another study in Spain showed that there was no relationship between attitudes in caring dying patients and gender factor (Edo-Gual, Tomás-Sábado, Gómez-Benito, Monforte-Royo, & Aradilla-Herrero, 2017). However, Dunn, Otten, and Stephens (2005) explains that feminism influences the attitudes of caring for 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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Nursing Experience and the Care of Dying Patients

Abstract: Developing continuing education programs that teach effective coping strategies to prevent death anxiety and identifying barriers that can make caring for dying patients difficult may make the journey from novice to expert nurse a gratifying and rewarding experience.

Cited by 198 publications

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Nurses’ Use of Facilitating and Blocking Communication Behaviours in Cancer Care

Nurses’ Use of Facilitating and Blocking Communication Behaviours in Cancer Care

Nurses’ attitude toward the care of dying cases in the cardiac center in Erbil city

Nursing Students’ Attitudes towards Caring for Dying Patients

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