The Effect of Suffering Experience, Empathy Ability, Caring Behaviors on Terminal Care Performance of Clinical Nurses.
10.14475/kjhpc.2015.18.4.276
- Author:
Kae Hwa JO
1
;
Ae Ran PARK
;
Jin Ju LEE
;
Su Jung CHOI
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Terminal care;
Nurses;
Empathy;
Nursing care
- MeSH:
Daegu;
Empathy*;
Nursing Care;
Terminal Care*
- From:Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
2015;18(4):276-284
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was performed to identify factors affecting terminal care performance of clinical nurses. METHODS: The participants in this study were 175 nurses working in hospitals in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province. Data were collected using a self-reported questionnaire and were analyzed with the IBM SPSS WIN 19.0 program. RESULTS: Nurses' terminal care performance was significantly related with suffering experience, empathy ability and caring behaviors. Significant predictors for terminal care performance were their department, empathy ability and caring behaviors. These factors explained 43.52% of the variance in terminal care performance of clinical nurses. CONCLUSION: Our study results suggest that terminal care performance of clinical nurses can be strengthened by improving empathy ability and caring behaviors.
