RT Journal Article
T1 Content analysis of the effects of palliative care learning on the perception by nursing students of dying and dignified death.
A1 Martí-García, Celia
A1 Ruíz-Martín, Laura
A1 Fernández-Alcántara, Manuel
A1 Montoya-Juárez, Rafael
A1 Hueso-Montoro, César
A1 García-Caro, María Paz
K1 Estudiantes universitarios
K1 Enfermería
K1 Cuidados terminales
K1 Tratamiento paliativo
K1 Muerte
AB BackgroundProviding care for dying people and the death of patients are stressing situations faced by nursing students during their clinical practice. Learning about palliative care improves the management of emotions and the ability to cope when caring for patients in end-of-life processes. However, there is little knowledge on the effect of this learning on the students' perceptions of their own death.ObjectivesTo determine the effect of a palliative care course on the thoughts of nursing students about their own death.DesignA qualitative, descriptive, and comparative study was conducted based on content analysis, administering an open-ended questionnaire on dying and death at the start and end of a palliative care course.ParticipantsThe study included 85 volunteers studying Palliative Care in the second year of their Nursing Degree at the University of Granada (Spain).ResultsStudents described their perceptions in more detail after the course, with more numerous code citations, and their post-course responses evidenced a reduction in anxiety about their own death and an increased recognition of the need to respect the decisions of patients for a dignified death.ConclusionsPalliative care learning modifies the perception by nursing students of their own death and their understanding of a dignified death, which may enhance the care they deliver to patients at the end of life.
PB Elsevier
YR 2020
FD 2020-03-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33471
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33471
LA spa
NO Celia Martí-García, Laura Ruiz-Martín, Manuel Fernández-Alcántara, Rafael Montoya-Juárez, César Hueso-Montoro, María Paz García-Caro, Content analysis of the effects of palliative care learning on the perception by nursing students of dying and dignified death, Nurse Education Today, Volume 88, 2020, 104388, ISSN 0260-6917, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104388.
NO The present research did not receive any funding
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 5 mar 2026