| dc.description.abstract | Background: Death is a psychological and physical event that affects
patients caring for, especially in Emergency Departement (ED) and
the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Patients and families need the end of
life care from a health professional, including nurses. Nurses need to
have knowledge, skill, attitude, and interpersonal competencies to
provide end of life care.
Objective: This study aimed to explored differences of attitudes
towards dying care between ED and ICU ward nurses in a rural
hospital.
Method: Variable in this study was the nurse's attitude. This study
used a quantitative comparative cross-sectional research design. The
samples were 24 nurses from the emergency ward and 16 from the
intensive care unit who were recruited by total sampling. Data were
collected to use Frommelt Attitudes Towards the Care of the Dying
Care Form B Indonesian version (FATCOD-BI).
Result: The results revealed that nurses' attitudes toward caring for
dying patients in the ED were 101.42±6.646 (30-150) on average, and
in the intensive care unit was 106.44±7.633 (30-150) on average.
Nurses in the ICU had a more positive attitude than the ED (p = 0.034).
There are differences between the proportion of respondents based
on gender, level of education, length of time working in the
emergency ward, and ICU. The result showed gender, level of
education, and range of time working could influence nurses'
attitudes towards caring for dying patients in the emergency ward
and ICU.
Conclusion: There is a difference between nurses' attitudes towards
EOLC in the ED and ICU room at rural hospitals. Moreover, the ICU
nurses have a more positive attitude than ED nurses. | en_US |
