Good Death as Perceived by Nursing Students
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Perspectives on good death affected both self-care behaviours and the patients under care. Thus, the nursing students must develop a positive attitude towards good death. This descriptive study aimes to investigate the nursing students' perspectives on good death. A quota sample of 410 nursing students was selected from the nursing students of the nursing institutions in Ubon Ratchathani province. The research tools was a Thai version of the Good Death Inventory (GDI). Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the GDI was .93. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics.
The results revealed that the respondents perceived attributes of a good death, ranked from highest to lowest as follows: (1) being respected as an individual; (2) having a good relationship with family; (3) preparing for death; (4) experiencing natural death; (5) maintaining hope and pleasure; (6) receiving adequate treatment; (7) feeling of life is worth living; (8) a good relationship with medical staff; and (9) religious and spiritual comfort. In addition, characteristics of good death options, ranked from highest to lowest as follows: (1) control over the future; (2) dying in a favourite place; (3) environmental comfort; (4) awareness of death; (5) life completion; (6) independence; (7) physical and psychological comfort; (8) not being a burden to others; and (9) pride and beauty. These findings will serve as a guideline to encourage the nursing students having a positive attitude towards death
death and be able to provide appropriate compassionate care to terminally ill patients.
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