Asian Oncol Nurs.  2016 Dec;16(4):176-184. 10.5388/aon.2016.16.4.176.

The Effects of Hospice Unit Practice Education on Spiritual Well-being, Attitude to Death, and Hospice Awareness of Nursing Students

• Kim GD

• KMID: 2366572
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5388/aon.2016.16.4.176

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of hospice unit practice education on spiritual well-being, attitude to death, and hospice awareness of nursing students.
METHODS
This study used a one group pre-posttest research design. The participants were 29 nursing students attending D university located in Y City. All students participated in 2 weeks of hospice unit practice education. The hospice unit practice education program consisted of 90 hours. Data collection was performed from March 2 to April 30, 2015. 2 weeks. The data were analyzed using frequency, and paired t-tests, with the SPSS 21.0 program.
RESULTS
The results of this study were as followings; the score of existential well-being, attitude to death, necessary of pain and symptom control were significantly increased after hospice unit practice education.
CONCLUSION
Based on these results, hospice unit practice education is effective for improving spiritual well-being, attitude to death, and hospice awareness of nursing students. These results provide basic data to develop future nursing practice curriculum.

Keyword

Hospices; Attitude to Death; Awareness; Nursing Students

MeSH Terms

Attitude to Death*
Curriculum
Data Collection
Education*
Hospices*
Humans
Nursing*
Research Design
Students, Nursing*