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Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitudes, Experience, and Confidence toward Advance Directives

  • Global Health and Nursing
  • Abbr : Global Health Nurs
  • 2019, 9(1), pp.19-27
  • DOI : 10.35144/ghn.2019.9.1.19
  • Publisher : Research Institute of Nursing Science
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Nursing Science
  • Received : December 7, 2018
  • Accepted : January 22, 2019
  • Published : January 31, 2019

Kim, Hee Jin 1 Son Minseo 2 Kang In Soon 2

1부산대학교병원
2부산대학교

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ABSTRACT

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, experiences, and confidence toward advance directives(ADs). Methods: The design of the study was a descriptive research study and data were collected from 398 nurses who worked at P hospital in a B-city. The collected data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé́ test, Pearson correlation coefficients. Result: The knowledge toward ADs had a significant positive correlation with attitudes(r=.21, p<.001), & confidence toward ADs (r=.16, p=.001). The Attitudes toward ADs had a significant positive correlation with experience toward ADs(r=.15, p=.002), & confidence(r=.29, p<.001). There was a significant positive correlation between experience toward ADs & confidence(r=.46, p<.001). Conclusion: It is necessary to develop education program in order to increase the confidence towards ADs.

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