A study on the awareness of Well-Dying depending on the work experience of nurse practitioners Park Arma1, Kim Kwang-Hwan2,* 1Professor, Dept. of General Art Education, Konyang University, Korea 2Professor, Dept. of Hospital Management, Konyang University, Korea *Corresponding Author: Kwang-Hwan Kim Professor, Dept. of Hospital Management, Konyang University, Korea, Email: kkh@konyang.ac.kr
Online published on 16 October, 2018. Abstract Background/Objectives This study was conducted in order to investigate and analyze the ‘awareness of Well-Dying’ and ‘understanding of Well-Dying Law’ of nurse practitioners working at the medical field in advance of implementation of the ‘Act on Hospice & Palliative Care and Patient Determination of Life Sustaining Treatments’ in February 2018. Methods/Statistical Analysis This study was conducted for nurse practitioners with clinical experience of less than 4 years and more than 5 years. Statistical program R was used for analysis. In the questionnaire, chi-square test was performed on items of general characteristics and attitude toward death, and independent sample t-test was performed on items of perception of Well-Dying and knowledge of Well-Dying Law. In order to analyze factors affecting clinical career, multiple regression analysis was conducted for the sub-factors of perception of Well-Dying, intimacy, self-control and clinical symptoms. Findings In the survey on the understanding of the Well-Dying Law, their understanding about the ‘hospice palliative care’, ‘the rage of life prolongation treatment’, and the ‘legal problems’ was ‘below average’. Through these results, it was confirmed that detailed training is necessary for the medical staffs before the implementation of the ‘Act on Hospice & Palliative Care and Patient Determination of Life Sustaining Treatments’, especially for the Well-Dying Law. Improvements/Applications This study is meaningful in that it investigated ‘perception of death’, ‘awareness of Well-Dying’ and ‘understanding of Well-Dying Law’ of clinical nurse, a professional group working at medical field, before the implementation of the ‘Act on Hospice & Palliative Care and Patient Determination of Life Sustaining Treatments’. Top Keywords Awareness of Well-Dying, Death Preparation Education, Necessary of Death Preparation Education, Clinical Experience, Nurse Practitioners. Top |