Understanding of Death in Buddhism and Nursing Ethics of Nurses at the Bamrasnaradura Institute.

Abstract

          As a correlational research investigation, this thesis is concerned with the relationship between the understanding of death in Buddhism and the nursing ethics of selected nurses at the Bamrasnaradura Institute. The sample population consisted of 132 female Buddhist nurses. The instrument of research was a questionnaire. The techniques of descriptive statistics used in the analysis, formulation and tabulation of the data collected were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. t test, F test and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient were techniques also employed. Findings are as follows:

          1. The nurses under investigation had an understanding of death in Buddhism at a high level and had an understanding of nursing ethics at the highest level.

          2. Nurses who held administrative positions ward heads or deputy ward heads, and operational-level nurses did not exhibit differences in the understanding of death in Buddhism and nursing ethics at the statistically significant level of 0.05. When considered in each aspect, it was found that nurses who held administrative positions, ward heads or deputy ward heads had an understanding of nursing ethics in regard to self-performance at a higher level than operational-level nurses at the statistically significant level of 0.05.

          3. An understanding of death in Buddhism was found to be positively correlated with the nursing ethics of nurses at a statistically significant level of 0.05.