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<Articles JournalTitle="Nursing Practice Today">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Nursing Practice Today</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2383-1154</Issn>
      <Volume>9</Volume>
      <Issue>2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>05</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Status and correlates of attitudes towards end-of-life care among nursing students</title>
    <FirstPage>158</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>169</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Wejdan</FirstName>
        <LastName>Younis</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Clinical Nursing, School of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hamza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Alduraidi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ruqayya</FirstName>
        <LastName>Zeilani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Clinical Nursing, School of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ayman</FirstName>
        <LastName>Hamdan-Mansour</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Mental Health Nursing, School of Nursing, the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>04</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>26</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background &amp; Aim: Palliative nursing is based on the ability of nursing students to use their accumulated experiences and knowledge; however, basic nursing education does not provide adequate knowledge and skills regarding palliative and end-of-life care.&#xA0; This study aimed to examine the relationship between knowledge of end-of-life care and attitudes toward dying people among nursing students.&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;
Methods &amp; Materials: Cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational design was used in this study. A total of 708 nursing students were recruited conveniently from nursing students in 11 nursing programs. Data was collected using an online self-administered questionnaire in relation to knowledge and attitudes regarding palliative care using the palliative care quiz for nursing and Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Scale Form B (FATCOD-B).
Results: Nursing students have a satisfactory level of knowledge about palliative care with a mean of 61.0% and 50% of them scoring 83% correct answers. Moreover, students also have a moderate to high mean score (102.7, SD= 11.2) on attitudes towards caring for dying patients, indicating positive attitudes. Positive correlation found between communication and family as caregiver subscales of attitudes with knowledge total score (r= .08, r= .20, p&lt; .05; respectively). The significant difference was found in attitudes related to gender, type of university, and whether receiving training or education about palliative care at school (p&lt; .05).
Conclusion: Attitudes of nursing students and improving the level of knowledge regarding end of life care should be a priority to nurse educators, and nursing schools need to integrate palliative and end-of-life care into nursing curricula across all levels.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://npt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/npt/article/view/1716</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://npt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/npt/article/download/1716/529</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
