Predictors of Terminal Care Performance of Clinical Nurses for Cancer Patients

Noh, Seon-Suk; Lee, Chang-Kwan; Sung, Young-Hee

Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing 2016;9(2):61-70.
Published online December 31, 2016.

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노선숙, 이창관, 성영희

¹삼성서울병원 건강의학센터
²케이씨대학교 간호학과
³성균관대학교 임상간호대학원

Predictors of Terminal Care Performance of Clinical Nurses for Cancer Patients

Seon-Suk Noh, Chang-Kwan Lee, Young-Hee Sung

¹Health Promotion Center, Samsung Medical Center
²Department of Nursing, Korean Christian University
³Graduate School of Clinical Nursing Science, Sungkyunkwan University

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify the influences of death perception, terminal care attitude on clinical nurses' terminal care performance for cancer patients.
Methods
Data were collected through self-reported questionnaires filled by 526 nurses at a General Hospital in Seoul. Data were analyzed using a multiple regression analysis.
Results
Death perception showed a positive correlation with terminal care attitude (r = .45, p < .001), while there was no correlation with terminal care performance. Additionally, terminal care attitude had a positive correlation with terminal care performance (r = .18, p < .001). The explanatory power of nurses' death perception and terminal care attitude toward terminal care performance was 14%.
Conclusions
The study results imply that nurses' death perception and terminal care attitude are significant variables affecting terminal care performance.

Key Words: Death perception, Terminal care attitude, Terminal care performance