Investigation of palliative care knowledge and attitude of nurses in primary hospitals

Abstract

Objective To investigate the status of palliative care knowledge and attitude of nurses in primary hospitals, and analyze the influencing factors, so as to provide bases and decisions for the further popularization of palliative care. Methods Totally 362 nurses from primary hospitals were selected as this research object, and their knowledge and attitude of palliative care were investigated by self-designed questionnaires. Results The standard score of palliative care of nurses from primary hospitals was (54.28±14.06), 123 nurses were qualified (33.98%), and 26 nurses were good (7.18%); the standard score of caring attitude was (82.76±9.24). The influencing factors of palliative care knowledge and caring attitude included religion, department, working years and title(β′=0.308, 0.263, 0.121, 0.104). Conclusions The attitude of nurses in primary hospitals is positive, but their related knowledge of palliative care is incomplete, especially the knowledge of spiritual care. Targeted training can improve the knowledge of palliative care of nurses, and popularizing it successfully. Key words: Nurses; Knowledge; Attitude; Palliative care; Survey