Study on the knowledge, attitude and practice status of hospice care among probationer nurses in Xi'an
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2018.07.012
- VernacularTitle:西安实习护士临终关怀知信行现状的调查研究
- Author:
Li YANG
1
;
Minhua HU
Author Information
1. 710021,西安医学院护理学院
- Keywords:
Probationer nurses;
Hospice care;
Knowledge-attitude-practice
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2018;17(7):698-703
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objectives To study the knowledge,attitude and practice (KAP) status of hospice care among probationer nurses in Xi'an and analyze their influence factors with the purpose of providing reference for the education of hospice care in medical colleges and hospitals.Methods By a convenience sampling method,the probationer nurses from four medical colleges were investigated with the hospice care KAP questionnaire in January 2018.And the data were processed by SPSS 18.0 for descriptive analysis,t test,variance analysis and correlation analysis.Results A total of 1 534 questionnaires were issued,1 523 taken back,and 1 467 valid,with an effective return-ratio as 95.63％.The knowledge score,attitude score and practice score were (12.31 ± 3.44),(129.25 ± 9.97) and (23.15 ± 3.96) with the accuracy ratio as 61.5％,68.0％,and 77.2％ respectively.The knowledge was correlated significantly with education,nation,religion,domicile and learning experience (P＜0.05),the attitude correlated significantly with gender,education,nation,religion,domicile and learning experience (P＜0.05),and the practice correlated significantly with gender,education,hospital level,religion,monthly family income per person,and learning experience (P＜0.05).There were positive correlations between the knowledge and the attitude (r=0.39,P＜0.01),the knowledge and the practice (r=0.25,P＜0.01),and the attitude and the practice (r=0.49,P＜0.01).Conclusion The probationer nurses lack the knowledge of hospice care and the awareness of it is weak.Consequently,the medical colleges and hospitals should strengthen the education to help the probationer nurses develop effective hospice care behaviors.
