Attitudes of Jordanian Nurses Toward Caring for Dying Patients

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ID13629185
AuthorsSara Nour (King Hussein Cancer Center), Khawlah Ammar (0000-0003-0616-3110, King Hussein Cancer Center), Bushra Alhusamiah (0009-0007-1981-4206, King Hussein Cancer Center), Aladeen Alloubani (0000-0002-5073-3152, King Hussein Cancer Center, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume93
Issue1
Pages458-468
Publication date2024-03-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228241239349
PMID38477309
OpenAlexW4392751010
LanguageEN
References cited22

Hospital nurses are expected to care for dying patients. Such care provokes many undesired emotions and attitudes that affect the quality of care. This study aims to assess the attitudes of Jordanian nurses toward caring for dying patients in addition to examining the relationship between nurses' attitudes toward caring for dying patients and their selected characteristics. A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional research design was used to recruit a total of 290 Jordanian nurses from two hospitals in Jordan. The findings of this study revealed a significant correlation between nurses' attitudes toward caring for dying patients and receiving educational courses on palliative care ( p = .008). Also, the study found a correlation between nurses' attitudes toward caring for dying patients and prior experience attending death cases ( p = .004). The attitudes nurses have toward caring for dying patients are affected by educational courses, which make these attitudes adjustable toward the positive

Affect (linguistics · Descriptive research · Family medicine · Palliative care · Positive correlation · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology

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