Awareness of Nursing Students’ Biomedical Ethics and Attitudes toward Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment
Purpose: This study was done to analyze nursing students’ attitudes to life-sustaining treatment by measuring their awareness of biomedical ethics and resulting attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. Methods: This study was a descriptive research to assess the level of nursing stud...
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Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing
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| author | Geun Myun Kim Kyung Suk Sung Eun Joo Kim |
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| description | Purpose: This study was done to analyze nursing students’ attitudes to life-sustaining treatment by measuring their awareness of biomedical ethics and resulting attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. Methods: This study was a descriptive research to assess the level of nursing students’ awareness of biomedical ethics, attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, and correlations between these variables. After the nursing students signed a consent form they were assessed. Data collection was done from September 1 to October 25, 2016, and analyzed using SPSS 23.0 WIM Program. Results: There was a negative correlation and significant difference between nursing students’ awareness of biomedical ethics and attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. There was a significant correlation among attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment and medical ethics, mortality ethics. Conclusion: The findings in the study indicate that it is necessary to provide nursing students with easy access to continuous education to help them establish an acceptable view of withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63f6f8e30931468ebb1496e5f6fd26652022-12-21T23:47:43ZengKorean Academy of Child Health NursingChild Health Nursing Research2287-91102287-91292017-07-0123329229910.4094/chnr.2017.23.3.2921547Awareness of Nursing Students’ Biomedical Ethics and Attitudes toward Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining TreatmentGeun Myun Kim0Kyung Suk Sung1Eun Joo Kim2Department of Nursing, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Wonju, KoreaDepartment of Nursing, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Wonju, KoreaDepartment of Nursing, Sangji University, Wonju, KoreaPurpose: This study was done to analyze nursing students’ attitudes to life-sustaining treatment by measuring their awareness of biomedical ethics and resulting attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. Methods: This study was a descriptive research to assess the level of nursing students’ awareness of biomedical ethics, attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, and correlations between these variables. After the nursing students signed a consent form they were assessed. Data collection was done from September 1 to October 25, 2016, and analyzed using SPSS 23.0 WIM Program. Results: There was a negative correlation and significant difference between nursing students’ awareness of biomedical ethics and attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. There was a significant correlation among attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment and medical ethics, mortality ethics. Conclusion: The findings in the study indicate that it is necessary to provide nursing students with easy access to continuous education to help them establish an acceptable view of withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.http://www.e-chnr.org/upload/pdf/chnr-23-3-292.pdfBioethicsLife support careNursing students |
| spellingShingle | Geun Myun Kim Kyung Suk Sung Eun Joo Kim Awareness of Nursing Students’ Biomedical Ethics and Attitudes toward Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment Child Health Nursing Research Bioethics Life support care Nursing students |
| title | Awareness of Nursing Students’ Biomedical Ethics and Attitudes toward Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment |
| title_full | Awareness of Nursing Students’ Biomedical Ethics and Attitudes toward Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment |
| title_fullStr | Awareness of Nursing Students’ Biomedical Ethics and Attitudes toward Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awareness of Nursing Students’ Biomedical Ethics and Attitudes toward Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment |
| title_short | Awareness of Nursing Students’ Biomedical Ethics and Attitudes toward Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment |
| title_sort | awareness of nursing students biomedical ethics and attitudes toward withdrawal of life sustaining treatment |
| topic | Bioethics Life support care Nursing students |
| url | http://www.e-chnr.org/upload/pdf/chnr-23-3-292.pdf |
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