Authors : Jung-Hee Kim, Yang-Sin Kim and So-Ja Jeon
Abstract: This study was attempted to grasp the effect of the calling, moral sensitivity and the recognition of good death of nurses on terminal care performance. Data was collected from Apr., 1, 2017-30, 2017 and the survey was conducted for 163 nurses who had more than 1 year hospital experience and who worked at 4 general hospitals located at D and Y cities. There was a positive correlation between terminal care performance and calling (r = 0.394, p<0.001), moral sensitivity (r = 0.238, p<0.005) and the recognition of good death (r = 0.202, p<0.01). As a result of regression analysis, the working department of nurses had the explanatory power of 19.1% (β = 0.361, p<0.001) for terminal care performance, followed by calling of 9.3% (β = 0.300, p<0.001) and the recognition of good death of 2.2% (β = 0.149, p<0.001). These variables explained a total of 30.6% of terminal care performance. It is necessary to expand the opportunity for nurses to experience terminal care directly and indirectly and is required to develop various education programs and make execution strategies for establishing the sense of duty and the recognition of good death.
Jung-Hee Kim, Yang-Sin Kim and So-Ja Jeon, 2017. Effect of the Calling, Moral Sensitivity and Recognition of Good Death of Nurses on Terminal Care Performance. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 5821-5825.