간호대학생의 영성, 좋은 죽음 인식, 호스피스 인식이 임종간호 태도에 미치는 영향

Effects of Spirituality, Good Death Perception, and Hospice Perception on Terminal Care Attitude of Nursing Students

Purpose: This study aimed to identify factors that can influence their terminal care attitude and provide basic data for intervention development to foster positive terminal care attitudes among these students. Methods: This study employed a descriptive research method and was conducted from September 8 to 26, 2023, with 168 students from three nursing colleges in Korea. The collected data were analyzed by frequency and percentage, independent t-test, ANOVA, pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple regression using IBM SPSS 29.0. Results: A total of 168 students in the study (female 80.4%; Junior 51.2% and Senior 48.8%). The nursing students’ terminal care attitude showed a significant positive correlation with spirituality (r=.24, p =.002), good death perception (r=.19, p =.012) and hospice perception (r=.52, p＜.001). The results of the multiple regression analysis showed that the regression model was significant (F=12.77, p＜.001) and that hospice perception (=.51, p＜.001) explained 26.1% of the nursing students’ terminal care attitude. Conclusion: It is necessary to include hospice perception when constructing the spiritual nursing curriculums in order to improve nursing students’ terminal care attitude.