Nurses' characteristics and their attitudes toward death and caring for dying patients in a public hospital in Jordan

dc.contributor.author	Abu Hasheesh, Mohammad O.	en
dc.contributor.author	Al-Sayed AboZeid, Shalabia	en
dc.contributor.author	Goda El-Zaid, Sohier	en
dc.contributor.author	Alhujaili, Abdullah D.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-20T13:35:55Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-20T13:35:55Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-20
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1466
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Nurses--Attitudes
dc.subject	Νοσηλευτικη φροντίδα
dc.subject	Θάνατος
dc.subject	Τελικό στάδιο
dc.subject	Ασθενείς
dc.subject	Nurses' characteristics
dc.subject	Death
dc.subject	Care of dying
dc.subject	Terminal ill patients
dc.title	Nurses' characteristics and their attitudes toward death and caring for dying patients in a public hospital in Jordan	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.generalDescription	Research article	en
heal.classification	Primary care (Medicine)
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Νοσηλευτική
heal.classification	Ιορδανία
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Νοσηλευτική
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ιορδανία
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093350
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2013-12
heal.bibliographicCitation	Abu Hasheesh, M., Al-Sayed AboZeid, S., Goda El-Said, S. & Alhujaili, A. (2013) Nurses' characteristics and their attitudes toward death and caring for dying patients in a public hospital in Jordan. “Health Science Journal”. 7(4). p. 384-394.	en
heal.abstract	Background: Nurses are expected to care for death and many patients at their end-of-life (EOL) stage. Care of death and the dying provoke many undesired emotions and attitudes that reflect on the quality of patients' care. However, there are many factors that can affect nurses' attitudes towards caring for death and dying patients, such as nurses' demographics (age, gender, nursing experience, and others). Which deserve carefully designed studies. Yet, limited Jordanian studies addressing these factors are available Aim: The present study aims to assess how Jordanian nurses providing care for terminal ill patients feel about death and caring for dying patients and to examine any relationships between their attitudes and certain nursing characteristics. Methods: A descriptive quantitative design was utilized to accomplish the purpose of this study. A total of 155 nurses were recruited to participate in the study. The nurses' attitudes toward caring for dying patients were measured using the Frommelt Attitude toward Care of the Dying (FATCOD) scale. The nurses' attitudes toward death were measured using the Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R) scale. The t-test and F-test were computed to examine the relationships between nurses' attitudes toward care of dying and death and demographic factors. Results: The present study showed that statistical significant association was existed among age (P=.048;P=.049) and nursing experience (P=.000; P=.000) with nurses' attitudes toward death and caring for terminal ill patients, and the total scores on the FATCOD and DAP-R respectively. It also showed a significant correlation between nurses' attitudes toward death and caring for dying patients (P=.002). Conclusion: Based on the obtained results, older registered nurses with more experience tended to have more positive attitudes toward death and caring for dying patients. Therefore, understanding the effect of nurses' factors that are associated with their attitudes toward care of dying and death can guide hospital and health care agencies to devel.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2013-10