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Death Anxiety and Terminal Care Performance of Nurses at Long Term Care Hospitals

요양병원 간호사의 죽음불안과 임종간호 수행

  • Received : 2016.09.26
  • Accepted : 2017.02.27
  • Published : 2017.03.01
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships between death anxiety and terminal care performance of nurses at long term care hospitals. Methods: Data were collected from 148 nurses working at 12 long term care hospitals in Busan from March 16, 2016 through May 16, 2016. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ test and Pearson's correlation coefficient with SPSS 18.0 for Windows. Results: Terminal care performance was positively correlated with anxiety about other people's death (r=0.310, $P{\leq}0.001$) and that of their own death (r=0.250, P=0.002). Conclusion: It appears necessary to develop a systematical educational program for terminal care nurses of to reduce their death anxiety and improve their terminal care performance.

목적: 본 연구의 목적은 요양병원 간호사의 죽음불안과 임종간호 수행정도와의 관련성을 파악하여 임종간호 교육의 기초자료를 제공하기 위함이다. 방법: 대상자는 B광역시 전체 111개 요양병원 중 건강보험심사평가원의 적정성 평가에서 1등급 판정을 받은 12개 요양병원에서 6개월 이상 근무한 148명의 간호사로서 2016년 3월16일부터 5월16일까지 자료를 수집하였다. 자료는 SPSS Win 18.0 프로그램을 이용하여 t-test, one-way ANOVA, $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ 사후검정 및 Pearson's correlation coefficient로 분석하였다. 결과: 타인의 죽음에 대한 불안과 자신이 죽어가는 존재라는 것에 대한 불안 정도가 높을수록 임종간호 수행도가 높았다. 결론: 요양병원 간호사의 죽음불안을 감소시키고 임종간호 수행을 향상시키기 위해 체계적인 임종간호 교육프로그램을 개발하여 적용하는 것이 필요하다.

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