Martin L B, Collier P A
J Nurs Educ. 1975 Jan;14(1):28-35.
The literature devoted to the topics of death and care of the dying is expanding rapidly. As nurses are inevitably involved in terminal illness, death and grief, their attitudes toward death and factors which affect these attitudes, are worthy of study. This report describes the results of a continuing two-year survey of one class of students in a baccalaureate nursing program. A questionnaire was used at the beginning and end of one academic year. Data were obtained regarding background experiences with death, involvement in the care of dying patients, and common ideas, concerns and feelings about death. Data from the second testing also included perceived changes in "positive" and "negative" attitudes toward death, and the relative effect on attitudes of various factors during the year. Suggestions are offered for curriculum development and research in the challenging area of death education in nursing.
致力于死亡及临终关怀主题的文献正在迅速增加。由于护士不可避免地会涉及到绝症、死亡和悲伤，他们对死亡的态度以及影响这些态度的因素值得研究。本报告描述了对一个护理学学士学位课程班级的学生进行的为期两年的持续调查结果。在一学年开始和结束时使用了一份问卷。获取了有关死亡的背景经历、参与临终患者护理的情况以及对死亡的常见观念、担忧和感受的数据。第二次测试的数据还包括对死亡的“积极”和“消极”态度的感知变化，以及这一年中各种因素对态度的相对影响。针对护理领域具有挑战性的死亡教育领域的课程开发和研究提出了建议。
