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Knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students towards palliative care
Kofi Gyasi Agyei1, Ahmed-Rufai Yahaya2, Cecilia Ackon Ansong3
1PhD student, School of Nursing, University of Rochester, USA.
Background:
While palliative care education has been integrated into the nursing curriculum in Ghana, there remains a scarcity of research that assesses the knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students toward palliative care and care of the dying.
Aim:
This study assessed the knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students regarding palliative care.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study design was used, including a questionnaire-based survey. A total of 272 undergraduate nursing students were selected through convenience sampling.
Results:
Most respondents demonstrated poor PC knowledge. Most students exhibited positive attitudes towards palliative care. Factors significantly associated with PC knowledge included being an older student (p=.028) and female gender (p=.038). Positive attitudes towards PC were significantly influenced by experiencing the death of a patient during clinical placement (p=.036), female gender (p=.001), and academic level (fourth year; p=.032).
Conclusions:
The study revealed that the nursing students who participated had a positive attitude towards palliative care but poor knowledge.
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