Senmar, Mojtaba and Rafiei, Hossein and alipour, razie and Yousefi, Fatemeh and Elikaei, Nooshin and Najafi, Mahdi and Bokharaei, Mohammad CLINICAL REGISTERED NURSES ATTITUDE TOWARD EUTHANASIA: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY FROM IRAN. International Journal of Novel Research in Healthcare and Nursing.
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Abstract: Background and aims: Attitude towards euthanasia may influence the behavior of health care professionals about this issue. In present study we examined Iranian clinical registered nurses attitude toward euthanasia. Data were collected with using the Euthanasia Attitude Scale (EAS). Material and methods: This descriptive study was conducted in two teaching hospitals, Boali Sian and Velayat, in Qazvin, Iran in 2016. Using convenience sampling, all qualified registered nurses (n=302) working in different wards at the two teaching hospitals were invited to participate in the study. EAS examined participant in four domains: ethical consideration, practical consideration, treasuring life and naturalistic beliefs. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS software (v17.0; PASW Statistics) and a variable was considered to be statistically significant if P< 0.05. Results: Of the 302 nurses, 86.8% (n=262) were female and the rest were male. The mean age of nurses in present study was 31.1±5.9 years. The mean total score of nurses attitude were 66.6± 11.2. With regards to EAS domains, mean score of ethical consideration, practical consideration, treasuring life and naturalistic beliefs domains were 35.1±7.5, 8.7± 2.1, 15.3± 2.5 and 6.3±1.9 respectively. Conclusion: Nurses have an important role in caring for terminally ill patients in different hospital wards. According to finding of present study most nurses have neutral attitude toward euthanasia. Further study in this regards recommended. Keywords: ethical issue, nurses, euthanasia, developing country.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RN Health R Medicine > RN Health > RN1004 Health Care Management |
| Divisions: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Depositing User: | mr mojtaba senmar |
| Date Deposited: | 22 May 2017 09:56 |
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2017 09:56 |
| URI: | http://eprints.qums.ac.ir/id/eprint/6257 |
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