The relationship between Terminal Care Stress and Knowledge and Perception of Hospice-Palliative Care among Pediatric Nurses

Eunyoung Park; Kyung-Sook Bang

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Park and Bang: The relationship between Terminal Care Stress and Knowledge and Perception of Hospice-Palliative Care among Pediatric Nurses

Original Article

Perspectives in Nursing Science 2019; 16(2): 55-64.

Published online: 30 October 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16952/pns.2019.16.2.55

The relationship between Terminal Care Stress and Knowledge and Perception of Hospice-Palliative Care among Pediatric Nurses

Eunyoung Park¹, Kyung-Sook Bang²

¹Registered Nurse, Department of Nursing, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

²Professor, College of Nursing · The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Bang, Kyung-Sook. College of Nursing, Seoul National University, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea. Tel: +82-2-740-8819, Fax: +82-2-765-4103, ksbang@snu.ac.kr

Received 5 September 2019 Revised 28 September 2019 Accepted 29 September 2019

The Research Institute of Nursing Science Seoul National University

Abstract

Purpose

This study examined the knowledge and perception of hospice-palliative care and terminal care stress among pediatric nurses, and the relationships among these variables.

Methods

In this descriptive research study, 154 pediatric nurses who experienced terminal care at least once were surveyed. This study used three scales, including the Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing (PCQN), Perception of Hospice-Palliative Care, and Terminal care stress. Data analyses using SPSS 22.0 included descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple linear regression.

Results

Terminal care stress experienced by the pediatric nurses was significantly related to the perception of hospicepalliative care; the hospice-palliative care education program enhanced the knowledge and perception of hospicepalliative care.

Conclusion

Hospice-palliative care education programs should be developed and provided for pediatric nurses to improve pediatric hospice-palliative care. Additionally, further research on this topic is required because the present results are inconsistent with previous and current researches.

Keywords: Hospice and palliative care, Knowledge, Perception, Stress, Pediatric nurse

Figures and Tables

Table 1

General Characteristics of the Participants (N=154)

Table 2

Participants' Knowledge of Hospice · Palliative Care (N=154)

^*Korean version of the Knowledge of Hospice·Palliative Care (PCQN)

Table 3

Participants' Perception of Hospice · Palliative Care (N=154)

^*Reversed question.

Table 4

Terminal Care Stress of the Participants (N=154)

Table 5

The Differences of Study Variables according to General Characteristics of the Participants (N=154)

^*Scheffé test.

Table 6

The Predictors of the Terminal Care Stress of the Participants (N=154)

^*Dummy variable: sex (0=female, 1=male); ^†Dummy variable: work unit (0=intensive care unit, 1=ward).

Notes

This article is based on a part of the first author's master's thesis from Seoul National University.

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