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| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 152 - 159 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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Emergency and palliative care nurses' levels of anxiety about death and coping with death: a questionnaire survey. / Peters, Louise Audrey; Cant, Robyn Patricia; Payne, Sheila; O'Connor, Margaret Mary; McDermott, Fiona Margaret; Hood, Kerry Lee; Morphet, Julia Nicole; Shimoinaba, Kaori.
In: Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4, 2013, p. 152 - 159.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Emergency and palliative care nurses' levels of anxiety about death and coping with death: a questionnaire survey
AU - Peters, Louise Audrey
AU - Cant, Robyn Patricia
AU - Payne, Sheila
AU - O'Connor, Margaret Mary
AU - McDermott, Fiona Margaret
AU - Hood, Kerry Lee
AU - Morphet, Julia Nicole
AU - Shimoinaba, Kaori
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Background: Caring for dying patients and their families presents many challenges, and may be negatively affected by nurses Fear of Death. This study investigates attitudes of emergency and palliative care nurses towards death and dying. Methods: A mixed methods design including questionnaire and interview, was utilised. This paper reports questionnaire results from the Death Attitude Profile-Revised Scale and coping skills. Results: Twenty-eight emergency nurses and 28 palliative care nurses from two health services participated. Nurses held low to moderate Fear of Death (44 ), Death Avoidance (34 ), Escape Acceptance (47 ) and Approach Acceptance (59 ). Emergency nurses reported higher death avoidance and, significantly lower coping skills than palliative care nurses. Both reported high acceptance of the reality of death (Neutral Acceptance 82 ), and indicated they coped better with a patient who was dying than with, the patient s family. Conclusions: Nurses generally held positive attitudes towards death and dying. Participants could cope with caring for dying patients, but were significantly less comfortable coping with patients family members. Nurses should be aware of the impact their attitude towards death may have on providing supportive nursing care for the dying.
AB - Background: Caring for dying patients and their families presents many challenges, and may be negatively affected by nurses Fear of Death. This study investigates attitudes of emergency and palliative care nurses towards death and dying. Methods: A mixed methods design including questionnaire and interview, was utilised. This paper reports questionnaire results from the Death Attitude Profile-Revised Scale and coping skills. Results: Twenty-eight emergency nurses and 28 palliative care nurses from two health services participated. Nurses held low to moderate Fear of Death (44 ), Death Avoidance (34 ), Escape Acceptance (47 ) and Approach Acceptance (59 ). Emergency nurses reported higher death avoidance and, significantly lower coping skills than palliative care nurses. Both reported high acceptance of the reality of death (Neutral Acceptance 82 ), and indicated they coped better with a patient who was dying than with, the patient s family. Conclusions: Nurses generally held positive attitudes towards death and dying. Participants could cope with caring for dying patients, but were significantly less comfortable coping with patients family members. Nurses should be aware of the impact their attitude towards death may have on providing supportive nursing care for the dying.
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574626713000815
U2 - 10.1016/j.aenj.2013.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.aenj.2013.08.001
M3 - Article
VL - 16
SP - 152
EP - 159
JO - Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
JF - Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
SN - 1574-6267
IS - 4
ER -