TITLE:
Hospice care compliance of nurses working at a hospice ward in Korea
AUTHORS:
Hyun Gu Lee, Heeok Park, Young Mi Chun
KEYWORDS:
Hospice Care; Compliance; Nurses
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.4 No.2,
February
7,
2014
ABSTRACT:
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to
investigate the hospice care compliance of nurses working at a hospice ward and
provide meaningful data to improve the hospice care compliances. Methods: Participants
included 104 nurses working at the hospice ward of the hospital located at P
and D cities. Data was collected from February to March 2012. The level of
hospice care compliance was measured using Bae (2000)’s questionnaires. Data
were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA and Scheffè
test using SPSS/WIN 18.0 program. Results: The level of hospice care compliance
in hospice nurses working at a hospice ward was high (3.25 out of 4). In
hospice care compliance, the physical area was highest, followed by the
emotional, spiritual, and social areas. Hospice care compliance was significantly
different according to age, marital status, education, religion, importance of
religion, job position, job satisfaction and life satisfaction. Hospice care
compliance was also significantly different according to the nurses’ experience
of death, having license or certification related to hospice care and
experiences related to clients’ death. Conclusions: The findings of this study
showed that the level of hospice care compliance was high and the hospice care
compliance in South Korea was primarily focused on physical care. Considering
that spiritual needs are important needs in hospice clients, hospice nurses
need to focus on those aspects more. To improve the quality of hospice care
compliance in the hospice nurses, programs to increase hospice nurses’ job and
life satisfaction are needed.