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Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing 2001;8(3): 357
간호대학생의 죽음에 대한 의식 변화 연구 -호스피스 간호 학습 전.후 비교-
백설향1, 이미애2, 김인홍3
1동국대학교 의과대학 간호학과
2동국대학교 의과대학 간호학과
3동국대학교 의과대학 간호학과
A Study on Change in Death Orientation of College Student Nurses -comparison of pre and post hospice care class-
Seol-Hyang Baek1, Mi-Aie Lee2, In-Hong Kim3
1Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Dongguk University
2Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Dongguk University
3Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Dongguk University
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the death orientation of college student nurses and to evaluate the effectiveness in death orientation of a class on 'hospice care'. this was done by investigating the difference between the death orientation before and after the class.
Method: The instrument used in this Investigation was the death orientation scale developed by Thorson and Powell (1988). The subjects of the study were the 47 college student nurses in a 'hospice care' class. The research was carried out between March 2, 2001, when the class began, and June 21, 2001 when the class ended The collected data were examined using arithmetic mean, percentage, t-test, ANOVA. Result: The results of the study are as follows : 1. The average death orientation score of the subjects before the class was 2.80. 2. There were a significant difference in the death orientation scores before and after the class (p<0.001). Before the class, 'hospice care', the students had an average score of 2,80. Their average score decreased to 2.55 after the class. Of 25 death orientation items on the scale, 14 items decreased significantly after the class as compared to before the class. 3. According to personal attributes (religion. the existence of religion, the experience of a death in recently) of subjects, there were no significant statistical differences in death orientation (p>0.05).
Conclusion: This study showed that a class on hospice care was effective in changing the death orientation of student nurses.
Key words: Hospice care | Death orientation
주요어: 호스피스 간호 | 죽음의식