Impact of Biomedical Ethics Awareness and Ethical Values in Nursing Student on Their Attitudes towards DNR.
10.14475/kjhpc.2018.21.4.115
- Author:
Mi Yeon KIM
1
;
Mi Yeong MUN
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Graduate School, Konkuk University, Cheongju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Students nursing;
Bioethics;
Ethics;
Resuscitation orders
- MeSH:
Bioethics*;
Curriculum;
Ethics;
Humans;
Korea;
Nursing*;
Resuscitation Orders;
Statistics as Topic;
Students, Nursing*
- From:Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
2018;21(4):115-123
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify how nursing students' awareness of biomedical ethics and ethical values affect their attitudes towards a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order. METHODS: This cross-sectional correlation study was conducted with 275 nursing students enrolled at two universities in North Chungcheong Province and North Gyeongsang Province of South Korea. Data were collected in April 2017 using a self-reported questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression with the SPSS/WIN 23.0 program. RESULTS: The students' attitudes towards DNR were positively correlated with attitudes that seek ethical values but negatively correlated with their biomedical ethics awareness. The explained variance for attitudes towards DNR was 20%, which was significant (F=13.01, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that nursing students' biomedical ethics awareness and ethical values were associated with their attitudes towards DNR. Curriculum organization and various educational programs should be developed and applied to help nursing students develop ethical values and awareness of biomedical ethics.
