A STUDY ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF NURSING STUDENTS' FAITH, GOOD DEATH PERCEPTION, AND PRE-LIFE-SUSTAINING MEDICAL INTENTIONS

Abstract

Background/Objectives: This study was conducted for nursing students, and it is a study on the faith, good death perception, knowledge, and attitude of nursing students in pre-life-sustaining medical intentions.
Methods/Statistical analysis: The study design was a descriptive research study, and the subjects of this study were 196 nursing students enrolled in a university located in C city. The data collection period was from March 3 to 8, 2023, and the data collection method was conducted through an online survey. As a research tool, faith, good death awareness, and knowledge and attitudes about pre-life-sustaining medical intentions were used. For data analysis, real numbers, percentages, means, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, and correlation coefficient were used using the SPSS 23.0 program.
Findings: Knowledge of pre life-sustaining medical intention differs depending on gender, grade, experience of death by close acquaintances, and knowledge of hospice palliative care and the law on life-sustaining treatment decisions for dying patients. It was found that attitudes toward pre life-sustaining medical intentions differed according to gender, religion, the experience of death of close acquaintances, and the experience of preparing pre life-sustaining medical intentions. It was found that faith differs according to religion. Good death perception was found to be different depending on religion, hospice palliative care, and knowledge of the law on life-sustaining treatment decisions for dying patients. Knowledge and faith, knowledge and good death perception, attitude and faith, attitude and good death perception all showed positive correlations, and attitude and good death perception were found to be the most correlated variable with good death perception.
Improvements/Applications: Based on this study, it is necessary to develop a curriculum that can provide meaningful help to nursing students positively cope with death-related emotions and care for hospice, palliative care, and dying patients as future nurses.