Investigation of palliative care knowledge and attitude of nurses in primary hospitals

VernacularTitle:基层医院护士安宁疗护知识与照护态度的调查分析
Author: Haiyan ZHU ¹ ; Yuping ZHANG ; Linghuan WANG ; Hongli MA ; Huiqun LUO
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1. 312000 浙江省绍兴市人民医院肿瘤内科
Keywords: Nurses; Knowledge; Attitude; Palliative care; Survey
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2016;22(34):4894-4896,4897
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the status of palliative care knowledge and attitude of nurses in primary hospitals, and analyze the influencing factors, so as to provide bases and decisions for the further popularization of palliative care. Methods Totally 362 nurses from primary hospitals were selected as this research object, and their knowledge and attitude of palliative care were investigated by self-designed questionnaires. Results The standard score of palliative care of nurses from primary hospitals was ( 54. 28 ± 14. 06), 123 nurses were qualified (33.98%), and 26 nurses were good (7.18%);the standard score of caring attitude was (82.76±9.24). The influencing factors of palliative care knowledge and caring attitude included religion, department, working years and title(β′=0.308,0.263,0.121,0.104). Conclusions The attitude of nurses in primary hospitals is positive, but their related knowledge of palliative care is incomplete, especially the knowledge of spiritual care. Targeted training can improve the knowledge of palliative care of nurses, and popularizing it successfully.