The Impact of Death-Related Fears on Attitudes of Nurses in a Hospital Work Setting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628568 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eleanor Palo Stoller (SUNY Plattsburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 85-96 |
| Publication date | 1981-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/3c35-ktd6-b59h-15fv |
| OpenAlex | W2134451115 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 13 |
This paper examines the impact of death-related fears on the responses of RNs and LPNs employed in a general hospital to descriptions of work situations involving dying and death. Results were based on analysis of responses to a self-administered questionnaire. Four components of death-related fears were measured using the subscales developed by David Lester. Death-related fears were significant in predicting responses to situations where avoidance was not an effective strategy and where the nurse does not have a specific task to perform. These fears explain only a small portion of the variance for most of the eleven situations examined. It is concluded that the uneasiness nurses report in work situations involving dying and death in the hospital is more than a simple reflection of the nurse's own fears
Task (project management · Variance (accounting · Work (physics · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
The collett-lester fear of death scale
Social Value of the Age of the Dying Patient
Locus of Control-Levels of Death Anxiety Relationships
Impact of Hospice Volunteer Training on Death Anxiety and Locus of Control
The Measurement of Communication Apprehension regarding the Terminally Ill
Attitudes of nursing students toward death and dying
Nurses and the dying
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 1990 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |