Hospice Nurses Knowledge, Attitudes, and Reported Confidence in End-of-Life Story Telling and Perceptions of the Dying Experience: Intervention Study

Graduation Date

2003

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Document Form

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Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Nursing

Department or Program Chair

Barbara Ganley, PhD

Thesis Advisor

Luanne Linnard-Palmer, EdD, RN

Abstract

Dying, as a part of living, is a subjective experience. Hospice Nurses provide compassionate care for the dying. Utilizing a quasi-experimental single group repeated measures design, the researcher examined the relationship between an end-of-life story telling class and subsequent nurse’s knowledge, attitudes, and confidence. A convenience sampling method was used. The sample consisted of 6 Hospice Nurse Case Managers. The study findings support offering Hospice Nurses a class on client end-of- life story telling.

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