Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes to palliative care
Teleshova, Guldana (2020)
Teleshova, Guldana
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020082519860
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020082519860
Tiivistelmä
Nurses play an important role in palliative care. Despite the fact that Kazakhstan has
standards and laws in palliative care, there were unfortunately no studies about the level
of nurses knowledge in palliative care in Kazakhstan.
The objective of the study was to assess nurses’ knowledge and attitudes towards
palliative care in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
A quantitative research was conducted using the questionnaire Rotterdam MOVE2PC and
Webropol online survey. The responses were descriptively analyzed using the SPSS 26
program. Cronbach’s alpha was tested to each part of questionnaire and results ranged
from α=0.828 to α=0.925.
Nurses (n = 88) from eight cities in Kazakhstan responded. It was found that the majority
(72.7%) of respondents were staff nurses, and most (72.7%) had a secondary level
education. The findings of the study revealed that nurses think about palliative care as
terminal care. The majority of nurses (79.6 %) agree or strongly agree that palliative care
includes spiritual care. 68.2% of nurses agreed with patients’ wish to die at home. More
than half of nurses have difficulties in the area of palliative care.
Without continuing education for palliative care nursing, quality of care will not be
obtained. The high quality of care can‐not be achieved only by teaching students, but there
is a need for continuing education for nurse practitioners. The results give clear directions
on how to improve training programs and are of interest to health care governments and
ministry.
standards and laws in palliative care, there were unfortunately no studies about the level
of nurses knowledge in palliative care in Kazakhstan.
The objective of the study was to assess nurses’ knowledge and attitudes towards
palliative care in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
A quantitative research was conducted using the questionnaire Rotterdam MOVE2PC and
Webropol online survey. The responses were descriptively analyzed using the SPSS 26
program. Cronbach’s alpha was tested to each part of questionnaire and results ranged
from α=0.828 to α=0.925.
Nurses (n = 88) from eight cities in Kazakhstan responded. It was found that the majority
(72.7%) of respondents were staff nurses, and most (72.7%) had a secondary level
education. The findings of the study revealed that nurses think about palliative care as
terminal care. The majority of nurses (79.6 %) agree or strongly agree that palliative care
includes spiritual care. 68.2% of nurses agreed with patients’ wish to die at home. More
than half of nurses have difficulties in the area of palliative care.
Without continuing education for palliative care nursing, quality of care will not be
obtained. The high quality of care can‐not be achieved only by teaching students, but there
is a need for continuing education for nurse practitioners. The results give clear directions
on how to improve training programs and are of interest to health care governments and
ministry.