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The effects of a death education on attitude towards death and death anxiety of nurses in the emergency department

  • Ming-dan MA ,
  • Shan-shan CHEN ,
  • Xiao LIU ,
  • Hui-lin ZHANG
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Received date: 2019-05-20

  Online published: 2020-01-20

Abstract

Objective To explore the effects of death education on attitude towards death and death anxiety of nurses in the emergency department. Methods A total of 34 nurses in the emergency department of the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University were selected. They received a 12-hour death education course based on dealing with sudden death model,including self-preparation stage,confronting death stage,and summarizing stage. Results After the intervention,the score of death terror in DAP-R was significantly lower than that of pre-intervention,and the scores of natural acceptance,approach acceptation,and flee acceptance were elevated profoundly(P<0.05). The score of death anxiety in T-DAS was decreased markedly after the intervention(P<0.05). Conclusion The death education courses based on dealing with sudden death model can positively influence the death attitudes of emergency nurses,and reduce their death anxiety.

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Ming-dan MA , Shan-shan CHEN , Xiao LIU , Hui-lin ZHANG . The effects of a death education on attitude towards death and death anxiety of nurses in the emergency department[J]. Chinese Journal of Nursing Education, 2020 , 17(1) : 76 -79 . DOI: 10.3761/j.issn.1672-9234.2020.01.016

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