Journal of Korean Clinical Health Science (한국임상보건과학회지)

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A Study on Ethical Attitude to DNR and Terminal Care Performance of Hospital Nurse

종합병원간호사의 DNR(Do-not- resuscitate)에 대한 윤리적 태도와 임종간호수행에 관한 연구

  • Son, Yu-Lim (Department of Nursing, College of Kyungbuk) ;
  • Seo, Young-Sook (Department of Nursing, University of Gyeongju Donguk)
  • 손유림 (경북전문대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 서영숙 (동국대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2015.04.05
  • Accepted : 2015.04.20
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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Abstract

Purpose. The purposed of this study was done to DNR attitude and terminal care performance among hospital nurses. Methods. The participants were 207 nurses working in hospital nurses in D and G cities. Data on DNR attitude and terminal care performance were collected via questionnaire between April 2015 and July 2015. Data analysis was done with SPSS 12.0 program and included one-way ANOVA, independent t-test, and Pearson correlation. Result. DNR attitude of participants in this study were shown to have high levels (DNR attitude: M=32.64/60, SD=6.14). Terminal care performance of participants in this study were shown to have poor levels (physical M=20.72/32, SD=3.77, psychological M=20.26/32, SD=3.85, spiritual M=9.62/24, SD=3.65). The attitude of the hospital nurse was significantly different according to the marital status. The terminal care performance was significantly different according to experience of terminal care. The DNR attitude by nurses was positively correlation to physioloical terminal care performance(r=.137, p<.049) but the relationship between the psychological terminal care performance( r=.016, p=.815) and spiritual terminal care performance showed no correlation(r=-.099, p=.157). Conclusion. The results of this study indicate that it is necessary to increase DNR attitude and to encourage terminal care performance among hospital nurses.

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