Self-Perceived Palliative Care Competencies of Nurse Working in A University Hospital within less Than Two Years of Receiving Bachelor’s Degrees
Keywords:
Competencies in Palliative Care of Professional Nurses, Palliative Care, Terminally ill PatientAbstract
The purpose of this descriptive study was to study the perception of palliative care competency among professional nurses who started working in a University Hospital in less than 2 years after completing a bachelor’s degree. One hundred forty-five nurses met the criteria as they had the experiences of caring at least one terminally ill patient. Data collection was conducted from August to November 2018 using the questionnaire consisting of; 1) Personal data, and 2) The palliative care nursing self-competence scale. The Content Validity Index (CVI) was 0.95; Cronbach’s alpha value was 0.987. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and independent t-test. The results of this study indicated that professional nurses starting to work in less than 2 years after completing the bachelor’s degree had fewer experiences in palliative care. Most of them had not been trained or prepared on this topic. As a result, they had fear and stress when taking care of terminally ill patients. Therefore, we should encourage the preparation of newly graduated nurses by providing knowledge or training in palliative care to reduce fear and stress when caring for terminally ill patients. Besides, palliative care training can help improve their self-confidence to take care of palliative patients.
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