Palliative care cognition and hospice care attitude among undergraduate nursing interns and correlation analysis
Objective To investigate the current situation of palliative nursing cognition and hospice care attitude of undergraduate nursing interns in Guangzhou,and to provide references for the teaching and training of undergraduate nursing students.Methods Two hundred and five undergraduate nursing interns from Second Hospital,Guangzhou Medical University,First Hospital,Guangzhou Medical University,and First Hospital,Guangdong Pharmaceutical University in Guangzhou were selected by the convenient sampling for the investigation,including 82 males and 123 females.There were 75 ones＜22 years old,117 ones 22-23 years old,and 13 ones＞23 years old.The questionnaire included general demographic data(gender,age,student origin,feeling for patients taking hospice care,understanding of palliative care and hospice care,understanding of nursing for patients taking hospice care,and attitude to the patients'family members),The Chinese version of Palliative Care Knowledge Questionnaire(PCQN),and Chinese version of Fromelt End-of-Life Care Attitude Scale(FATCOD-B).t test,analysis of variance,and Pearson correlation analysis were used.Results Among the 205 collected questionnaires,62.0％(127/205)interns were from urban areas,and 38.0％(78/205)from countryside;53.2％(109/205)were not from one-child families,and 46.8％(96/205)from one-child families;60.5％(124/205)did not choose nursing by their own will;55.1％(113/205)did not know palliative care,and only 44.9％(92/205)knew;63.4％(130/205)did not know the differences between palliative care and hospice care;43.4％(89/205)knew the connotation of palliative care;42.0％(86/205)took care of end-of-life patients or their family members in practice or life ever;52.7％(108/205)did not take care of end-of-life patients in their internship;only 39.5％(81/205)talked about death with the patients or their family members.The scores of palliative care cognition and hospice care attitude in the 205 interns were(36.62±3.98)and(99.38±8.93),respectively.There was a positive correlation between palliative care cognition and hospice care attitude(r=0.282,P＜0.01).Conclusions Undergraduate nursing interns'knowledge about palliative care and clinical care should be improved.College teachers should pay attention to the cultivation and training of nursing students'professional knowledge and skills in these two aspects,and carry out the theoretical study and curriculum practice of relevant knowledge in undergraduate study.
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