Analysis of psychological health status of practice nurses undergoing patient death during the final stage of clinical practice
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2016.19.026
- VernacularTitle:临床实习后期护生面对患者死亡后心理健康状况的调查与分析
- Author:
Ling LU
1
;
Haixin BO
;
Qian KANG
Author Information
1. 100730 中国医学科学院 北京协和医院妇产科
- Keywords:
Practice nurses;
Self-rating anxiety scale;
Symptom checklist 90;
Psychological health status;
Final stage of clinical practice
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2016;22(19):2760-2762
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the psychological health status of practice nurses after undergoing patient death and taking part in the final nursing care for the dead patients in the last stage of clinical practice . Methods A total of 36 nursing students taking part in the final nursing care for the dead patients in the final stage of clinical practice were selected .Psychological states before and after the patient death experience were compared using self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and symptom checklist 90 (SCL-90) questionnaire in PUMC nursing school so as to understand the mental health impact coming from patient death .Results SAS scores of students before and after the patient death experience were (34.22 ±6.27) and (38.50 ±6.89).The difference was statistically significant (t=2.579, P<0.05).There was 1 anxiety student before the patient death experience and the number increased to 3 after the experience .SCL-90 score of students before the patient death experience was (109.19 ±13.28) and it increased to (119.53 ±24.61) after the experience.The difference was statistically significant (t =2.428, P <0.05).Conclusions Psychological health status of practice nurses has dramatically changed after the patient death experience during the clinical practice and demands more attention from teachers during the clinical education .
