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Cooper, Jan and Barnett, Mandy (2005) Aspects of caring for dying patients which cause anxiety to first year student nurses. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 11 (8). pp. 423-30. doi:10.12968/ijpn.2005.11.8.19611 ISSN 1357-6321.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2005.11.8.19611
Abstract
Aim: To examine what aspects of caring for dying patients cause anxiety in student nurses during their first year of training.
Design: Qualitative descriptive study.
Setting: A university in the UK delivering preregistration nurse education.
Method: A purposive sample of 38 student nurses who had just completed their first year of their programme consented to participate in the study. Data triangulation was employed, with data collected from students’ reflective diaries and two focus group meetings.
Findings: Eight themes emerged relating to students’ anxiety about caring for dying patients: coping with the physical suffering of patients: what to do or say; the severing of the relationship with the patient; the type of death; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; last offices; coping mechanisms; and interventions that would improve the student experience.
Conclusion: Findings from the study suggest that it is aspects of the caring role, rather than personal fear of death, that form the source of much of students’ anxiety.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Palliative Nursing | ||||||
| Publisher: | MA Healthcare Ltd | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1357-6321 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 1 August 2005 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 11 | ||||||
| Number: | 8 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 423-30 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.12968/ijpn.2005.11.8.19611 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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