Background and Purpose: Due to the different educational backgrounds among the students of different nursing programs in Taiwan, the fear of death and attitudes toward death among students might be different. The purpose of this study was to compare the fear of death, attitudes toward death in junior college five-year nursing programs with those of two year registered nurses of baccalaureate science nursing (RN-BSN) programs. Methods: This study is a cross sectional research design. A structured questionnaire was administered to 82 nursing students of two-year RN-BSN program and 92 five-year junior college program students to collect data regarding their fears and attitude toward death. Comparisons of scale scores between the two groups of students were made by using two-independent sample t-test and analysis of covariance. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 12.0. Results: The mean scores of fear of death were 3.18±0.59 for the nursing students in five-year junior college, and 3.28±0.59 for the students in two-year RN-BSN program. The mean scores of attitude toward death were 2.77±0.42 and 2.71±0.48, respectively for these two nursing programs. But the above differences were not statistically significant (p>0.05). In the analysis of sub scale scores, the students in two-year RN-BSN program had positive attitudes toward death on professional challenge than those students in five-year junior college (p=0.03). Conclusion: Students fear of death and attitudes toward death did not show significant difference for both nursing programs. The findings of this study could be a reference of the teaching curriculum design to promote students with positive attitude.
Background and Purpose: Due to the different educational backgrounds among the students of different nursing programs in Taiwan, the fear of death and attitudes toward death among students might be different. The purpose of this study was to compare the fear of death, attitudes toward death in junior college five-year nursing programs with those of two year registered nurses of baccalaureate science nursing (RN-BSN) programs. Methods: This study is a cross sectional research design. A structured questionnaire was administered to 82 nursing students of two-year RN-BSN program and 92 five-year junior college program students to collect data regarding their fears and attitude toward death. Comparisons of scale scores between the two groups of students were made by using two-independent sample t-test and analysis of covariance. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 12.0. Results: The mean scores of fear of death were 3.18±0.59 for the nursing students in five-year junior college, and 3.28±0.59 for the students in two-year RN-BSN program. The mean scores of attitude toward death were 2.77±0.42 and 2.71±0.48, respectively for these two nursing programs. But the above differences were not statistically significant (p>0.05). In the analysis of sub scale scores, the students in two-year RN-BSN program had positive attitudes toward death on professional challenge than those students in five-year junior college (p=0.03). Conclusion: Students fear of death and attitudes toward death did not show significant difference for both nursing programs. The findings of this study could be a reference of the teaching curriculum design to promote students with positive attitude.
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