The effect of nurses' perceptions of conscience on the care attitudes of dying individuals
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17808099Keywords:
Attitude towards death, nursing, perception of conscienceAbstract
Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of conscience perceptions of nurses working in the intensive care unit and their attitudes towards the care of dying individuals.
Materials and Methods: The research was conducted between April 2022-2023. The study was conducted with 302 nurses. Data were collected using the Perception of Conscience Scale and the Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of Dying Individuals Scale.
Results: In the study, it was determined that the nurses' conscience perception and attitudes towards dying individual care were above the medium level. It was determined that the perception of conscience, age, gender, working status in the COVID-19 intensive care unit had a 17% effect on the nurses' attitude towards the dying ındividual's care. It was determined that men and nurses working in COVID-19 intensive care had more negative attitudes.
Conclusion: This stuy determined that nurses' perception of conscience and attitudes towards dying individual care were above the medium level. In determined that nurses' perception of conscience and socio-demographic characteristics had a 17% effect on FATCOD.
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