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Factors related to Critical Care Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes about End-of-Life Care in Intensive Care Units

  • Global Health and Nursing
  • Abbr : Global Health Nurs
  • 2021, 11(1), pp.11-20
  • DOI : 10.35144/ghn.2021.11.1.11
  • Publisher : Research Institute of Nursing Science
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Nursing Science
  • Received : February 5, 2020
  • Accepted : October 29, 2020
  • Published : January 31, 2021

Yu-Jin Jeong ORD ID 1 Kim, Yu Jin 2

1서울대학교
2서울대학교병원

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ABSTRACT

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the factors related to the knowledge and attitudes of critical care nurses, pertaining to end-of-life care in the ICU. Methods: A descriptive correlational study using a self-report survey was conducted, and the results were evaluated using the Scale of End-of-Life Care in the ICU (EOL-ICU). The participants were all ICU nurses at a university hospital in Seoul. The response rate was 73%. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression using the SPSS 25.0 statistical program. Results: The EOL-ICU knowledge score was positively correlated with the length of the clinical career (r=.20, p=.017), the length of the ICU career (r=.20, p=.017), and the level of interest in hospice and palliative care (r=.20, p=.023). Moreover, age (r=.23, p=.006), the length of the clinical career (r=.19, p=.025), the length of the ICU career (r=.20, p=.023), and the number of dying patients he or she takes care of per month (t=-2.55, p=.012) were significantly associated with the EOL-ICU attitude score. Conclusion: It is necessary to provide education and training programs to improve knowledge and skills related to end-of life care in ICUs.

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