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http://dx.doi.org/10.14475/kjhpc.2014.17.4.232

The Impact of Clinical Nurses' Terminal Care Attitude and Spiritual Health on Their Terminal Care Stress  

Ji, Soon Il (Infectious Control Unit, Chonnam National University Bitgoeul Hospital)
You, Hye Sook (Department of Nursing, Honam University)
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Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care / v.17, no.4, 2014 , pp. 232-240 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This descriptive study is aimed at understanding how clinical nurses' terminal care attitude and spiritual health affect their terminal care stress. Methods: Data were collected from self-reported questionnaire filled by 238 nurses at a general hospital in G Metropolitan City. Results: The study showed that nurses' attitudes toward terminal care, spiritual health, marital status, and clinical experience largely affect their terminal care stress. In particular, the higher they scored on terminal care attitudes, the lower they scored on terminal care stress. These variables accounted for 52.3% of the total variance. Conclusion: The study shows terminal care attitude is an important factor for terminal care stress perceived by clinical nurses. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an educational intervention program to improve nurses' terminal care attitudes and spiritual health, which in turn would lower their terminal care stress or help them effectively cope with it.
Keywords
Nurses; Terminal care; Attitude; Spirituality; Psychological stress;
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