Improving attitudes and perceived competence in caring for dying patients: An end-of-life simulation

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 372-378

  Lippe, Megan Pfitzinger ^a   Becker, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Nursing education; Perceived competence; Simulation; Withdrawal of care

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SIMULATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING STUDENT; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; RELIABILITY; TEACHING; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PATIENT SIMULATION; REFUSAL TO TREAT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, NURSING; TEACHING; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959078005     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/14-1540     Document Type: Article

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