Purpose This study attempted to examine the influence of resilience, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being on attitude to death.
Methods A predictive correlational design was used. The participants were 184 nursing students from three universities of Korea. They responded to a self-report questionnaire, with items on demographics, resilience, life satisfaction, psychological well-being, and attitude to death.
Results The mean score for attitude to death was 2.77±0.39 (range, 1–4), and a significant difference was observed depending on age, grade, and death-related education. Attitude to death was positively correlated with death-related education, resilience, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being. Results of the hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that death-related education and psychological well-being were significant predictors of attitude to death, explaining 26.6% of the latter. The most important factor was psychological well-being.
Conclusion Although death-related education and psychological well-being are two of the most influential factors among nursing students, no more than 30.4% of this study’s participants received death-related education. Death-related education is necessary to help nursing students so that they can cope positively with stressful situations by finding positive meaning. It is necessary to develop a systematic curriculum so that these students can establish a positive attitude to death.
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The modules were composed of a database of instructional materials and a program file that could link the materials.
After the 2nd and 12th week of classes, the 8th and 14th practice interviews with simulated patients, and the end of the course, medical students' perception and satisfaction were assessed.
RESULTS Forty-five students participated in the survey.
Students' satisfaction after the 2nd and 12th week of class was 16.2 (standard deviation [SD], 2.0) and 16.2 (SD, 2.1), respectively. The correlation between class satisfaction and awareness of the usefulness of the electronic modules was significant (p<0.05). After the end of the course, the students' average satisfaction score was 6.7 of 10 points (SD, 1.4). Satisfaction with the practice interview and evaluation using simulated patients was 7.5 (SD, 2.3). For the practice interview, empathy, building a relationship, effective questioning, and active listening could be applied.
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