Korean J Hosp Palliat Care.
2014 Sep;17(3):161-169. 10.14475/kjhpc.2014.17.3.161.
Nursing Students' First Clinical Experiences of Death
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- 1College of Nursing, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea.
- 2Department of Nursing, Kyungnam University, Changwon, Korea. jeeyoungju@kyungnam.ac.kr
- 3Department of Nursing, Dong-Eui Institute of Technology, Busan, Korea.
- 4Department of Nursing, Dong Ju College, Busan, Korea.
- KMID: 2305287
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.14475/kjhpc.2014.17.3.161
Abstract
- PURPOSE
This study was conducted to comprehensively investigate nursing students' experience of their first encounter with death of a patient during clinical practice.
METHODS
This study took place from January 27 through March 6, 2012 with eight female senior nursing students enrolled at Pusan National University located in Y city who have experienced patient death. We collected their experience of their first death encounter during their clinical rotation by asking, "What is your first experience of patient's death during the clinical practice?" Husserl's phenomenological approach was applied in this study.
RESULTS
In this study, 17 themes, 15 clusters of themes and eight categories were derived. The categories included "Desire to avoid the reality of death", "Powerlessness", "Anticipation for recovery shifted to fear of death", "Various interpretations of death", "Limitations in their nursing practice", "Resentment of lack of nurses", "Longing to better understand death", and "Motivation for inner growth".
CONCLUSION
Through their first encounter with death of a patient, nursing students experienced various emotions and viewed their role as hospice caregiver by projecting themselves as fully trained nurses in future. Participants considered terminal care as a part of nursing care. The result of this study indicates the need to include education of death in the nursing school curriculum.
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