Nurses' perception of death education

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dc.contributor.authorGrant Kalischuk, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
dc.contributor.supervisorSovka, Frank
dc.date.accessioned2007-04-11T20:28:12Z
dc.date.available2007-04-11T20:28:12Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionxi, 160 leaves : ill., charts ; 28 cm.en
dc.description.abstractThe primary purpose of this study was to examine nurses including student nurses perceptions of death education in southern Alberta as one way of improving futrue nursing curricula. Five nurse subgroups were included, as follows: college and university students, hospital nurses, community nurses, and nurse educators. A questionnaire was developed and piloted prior to distribution to 450 nurses in six locations, including two urban and four rural sites, in southern Alberta. Completed, useable returns numbered 373 (83%). Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and t-tests were used to analyze the data from scaled questionnaire items; content analysis was used to interpret written response items. Theoretical and conceptual frameworks were developed and utilized to guide the interpretation of findings. Generally, nurses perceived that existing death education remains inadequate as preparation for sound clinical nursing practice. Several statistically significant findings related to the provision of professional terminal care were reported amon the five nurse subgroups. Nurses identified concerns and deficits within existing nursing death educaiton and offered several specific suggestions for improvement. The improvement of death education for nurses will most likely result in the delivery of safe, effective, quality nursing care practice to the dying person and family.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/49
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1992en
dc.publisher.facultyEducation
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education)en
dc.subjectNursing -- Study and teachingen
dc.subjectDeath -- Psychological aspectsen
dc.subjectTerminal careen
dc.subjectBereavement -- Psychological aspectsen
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen
dc.titleNurses' perception of death educationen
dc.typeThesisen
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