Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care

Korean Society for Hospice and Palliative Care (한국호스피스완화의료학회)
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The Impact of Clinical Nurses' Terminal Care Attitude and Spiritual Health on Their Terminal Care Stress

임상간호사의 임종간호태도와 영적건강이 임종간호스트레스에 미치는 영향

  • Ji, Soon Il (Infectious Control Unit, Chonnam National University Bitgoeul Hospital) ;
  • You, Hye Sook (Department of Nursing, Honam University)
  • 지순일 (빛고을 전남대학교병원 감염관리실) ;
  • 유혜숙 (호남대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2014.07.18
  • Accepted : 2014.10.24
  • Published : 2014.12.01
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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.

목적: 본 연구는 임상간호사의 임종간호태도와 영적건강이 임종간호 스트레스에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하기 위한 조사연구이다. 방법: G 광역시 일 종합병원에 종사하는 근무하는 238명의 간호사를 대상으로 자가 보고식 설문지를 이용하여 자료를 수집하였다. 결과: 임상간호사의 임종간호스트레스에 영향을 미치는 요인은 임종간호태도, 영적건강, 결혼유무, 총 임상경력 순이었으며, 임종간호태도와 영적건강이 좋을수록, 기혼일수록, 총 임상경력이 높을수록 임종간호스트레스가 낮게 나타났다. 이들 변수들은 임종간호스트레스에 대하여 52.3%의 설명력을 나타냈다. 결론: 이상의 결과로 임상간호사의 임종간호스트레스의 가장 중요한 요인으로는 임종간호태도로 나타났다. 따라서 간호사의 임종간호스트레스를 효과적으로 대처하고 완화시키기 위해 임종간호태도와 영적건강을 증진시킬 수 있는 교육적 중재프로그램 개발이 필요하다.

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