Cleary Ann Selena
Associate Professor of Nursing, Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn School of Nursing, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Int J Palliat Nurs. 2020 Jan 2;26(1):5-12. doi: 10.12968/ijpn.2020.26.1.5.
Generalist nurses frequently care for people who have advanced chronic diseases in decline, or who are dying. Few studies have measured graduating nurses' knowledge about end-of-life (EoL) care.
To measure and compare knowledge about EoL care using the palliative care quiz for nurses among two cohorts of graduating nurses in a baccalaureate nursing programme.
A quantitative cross-sectional survey design using a convenience sample of two cohorts of students.
Total mean scores were low at 44.5% and 46.5% for the cohorts, respectively; this was not statistically significant. Misconceptions related to presentation and symptom management of the dying patient and integration of palliative with acute care. Palliative care knowledge was higher among the cohort who completed the dedicated EoL care course.
Significant misconceptions about EoL care exist among these graduating nurses; this information provides direction for curriculum revision.
全科护士经常照顾患有晚期慢性病且病情逐渐恶化或濒临死亡的患者。很少有研究测量过即将毕业的护士关于临终关怀（EoL）护理的知识。
在一个本科护理项目中，对两组即将毕业的护士使用护士姑息治疗测验来测量和比较关于临终关怀护理的知识。
采用定量横断面调查设计，对两组学生进行便利抽样。
两组的总平均分分别较低，为44.5%和46.5%；这在统计学上无显著差异。存在与临终患者的表现和症状管理以及姑息治疗与急性护理的整合相关的误解。完成专门临终关怀护理课程的那组学生的姑息治疗知识水平更高。
这些即将毕业的护士对临终关怀护理存在重大误解；这些信息为课程修订提供了方向。
