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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2021.12.9.273

Factors Affecting End-of-life Care Stress in Long-term Care Hospital Nurses  

Lim, Gui Yeon (Graduate School of Nursing, Gyeongsang National University)
Choi, So Young (College of Nursing.Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.12, no.9, 2021 , pp. 273-283 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting the stress of End-of-life care in long-term care hospitals and to identify perception and education requirement of End-of-life care. The subjects of this study were 163 nurses who had worked at seven long-term care hospitals in Gyeongsangnam-do for more than six months and had more than one end-of-life care experience. They agreed to participate in the study using structured questionnaires from May 27 to June 7, 2021. As a result of this study, the most influential factor for the terminal care stress of the nurses in the long-term care hospitals is the education needs of End-of-life care(β=.25, p=.001). The following factors have been identified death anxiety (β=.21, p=.005), satisfaction with the End-of-life care environment (β=.17, p=.017), and End-of-life care perception(β=-.15, p=.040). Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to meet the educational needs of the End-of-life care for the nurses in the long-term care hospitals in order to relieve their stress. For this, it is necessary to develop and apply educational programs for End-of-life care.
Keywords
Terminal care; Stress; Death; Anxiety; Cognition; Education requirement;
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