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Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research
Year : 2015, Volume : 5, Issue : 3
First page : ( 399) Last page : ( 404)
Print ISSN : 2231-1149. Online ISSN : 2349-2996.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2349-2996.2015.00080.4

Nurses ’knowledge about and attitude towards palliative care in Southeast Iran

Razban Farideh1, Tirgari Batool2,*, Iranmanesh Sedigheh1

1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

2Neuroscience Research Center, Neuropharmacology Institute of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

*Corresponding Author Email: b_tirgari@yahoo.com

Online published on 29 October, 2015.

Abstract

Background

Palliative care requires nurses to be knowledgeable about and maintain a positive attitude towards different aspects of care they provide for dying patients. This study thus was conducted to examine the correlation between nurses ’knowledge about and attitude towards palliative care in southeast Iran.

Method

For this descriptive correlational study, Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing (PCQN) and a self-administered questionnaire were used to assess respectively the palliative care knowledge and attitudes of 140 oncology and ICU nurses from three hospitals supervised by Kerman University of Medical Science.

Results

In PCQN, the mean score was 7.59±2.28 out of 20. Participants had moderately negative to neutral attitudes toward palliative care (2.99±0.29 out of 5). There was a significant correlation between the subscale of "management of pain of and other symptoms" in PCQN and participants ’length of experience caring for a dying family member. A significant correlation was found between nurses ’attitudes toward palliative care and palliative care education, personal study about palliative care, level of education, and experience of caring for a dying family member. No correlation was found between nurses ’knowledge about and attitude towards palliative care.

Conclusions

The study suggests that a continuing palliative care education may need to be added to the nursing curriculum in order to improve the quality of care at the end of life. Establishing specific palliative care units and creating a reflective narrative environment in which nurses can express their own feelings about palliative care and can improve palliative care knowledge and attitude.

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Keywords

Southeast Iran, Nurses, Knowledge, Attitude, Palliative care.

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