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Objective To investigate the status quo of knowledge-attitude-behavior about organ donation willingness and death attitudes of medical students majoring in nursing (nursing students). Methods A total of 409 nursing students from 3 medical colleges in Tianjin were recruited as study subjects by convenient sampling method. A crosssectional survey was carried out using organ donation scale and Chinese version of death attitude scale. Questionnaire input was performed by Epidata 3.1 software. The general situation of 409 nursing students was sumed up. The status quo of the knowledge-attitude-behavior about organ donation among nursing students and the correlation between the attitude towards death and the willingness to donate organs was analyzed. Results The nursing students lacked of comprehensive understanding of organ donation knowledge. A majority of nursing students held neutral or slightly positive attitudes towards organ donation. Only 10.5% of nursing students were willing to donate organs. Nursing students were inclined to death natural acceptance. Organ donation willingness was correlated with death attitudes. The fear of death was the primary factor affecting the organ donation willingness of nursing students (P<0.05). Conclusions At present, a small proportion of nursing students are willing to donate organs and they are affected by the fear of death. Social and medical colleges should strengthen the death education for nursing students to establish positive death attitudes and promote the development of organ donation.
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Objective To analyze the relevance between the nursing students′ sense of life meaning and death attitudes. Methods 181 nursing students were surveyed with the Purpose In Life Test (PIL) and Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R), and then did the relevant statistical analysis. Results The nursing undergraduates′overall average of PIL was (91.45 ± 10.54) points, and the neutral acceptance death attitude got the highest scores which were 24.14 ± 5.78, while escape acceptance got the lowest scores which were 11.76 ± 3.61. And there was a significant negative correlation (r =-0.257, P <0.05) between the sense of life meaning and death attitudes. Conclusions There was a significant negative correlation between the sense of life meaning and death attitudes, the more sense of life meaning was, the more positive attitudes toward death would be. So it′s of great importance to provide life-and-death education to improve the nursing students′sense of life meaning and death attitudes.
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A presente pesquisa investigou a comunicação da morte de parentes à criança, objetivando verificar sua adequação ao seu nível de desenvolvimento cognitivo e compreender o papel da família na elaboração do luto no que tange às informações e sentimentos compartilhados. Participaram responsáveis por crianças que sofreram a perda de um parente próximo quando tinham entre dois e oito anos de idade. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas abertas e analisados a partir da identificação de categorias recorrentes no discurso dos entrevistados. Os resultados apontam a importância de uma comunicação aberta e clara com a criança, além de adequada ao seu nível de compreensão; salientam os benefícios de se compartilharem sentimentos e demonstram a força do apoio social da família extensa no período pós-morte. Conclui-se que, apesar de difícil, a comunicação da morte de um parente próximo à criança é imprescindível e deve ser revestida de alguns cuidados básicos por parte do comunicador, que deve ser alguém com quem a criança tenha fortes laços de afetividade....(AU)
The present work investigates how the communication of the death of a relative to a child occurs. The objectives were to verify the adequacy of such communication according to the cognitive development level of the child and to assess whether the family collaborates in the grieving process through the information shared. The participants in this study were those responsible for the children who had suffered the loss of a close relative between the ages of two and eight years old. The data were collected in open interviews and understood through the identification of recurrent categories in the speech of the people interviewed. The results pointed out the importance of an open and clear communication, adjusted to the childs level of understanding. They stress the benefits of sharing emotion, showing that the social support of the extensive family in the post-death period is very important. Finally, the communication of the death of a close relative to a child is essential, although difficult, and must be endeavored with the utmost care and sensitivity on the part of the communicator, who should be someone with strong affectivity bonds with the child....(AU)
La presente pesquisa investigó la comunicación de la muerte de parientes a los niños, objetivando verificar su adecuación al nivel de desarrollo cognitivo de la misma y comprender el papel de la familia en la elaboración del luto, en lo que atañe a las informaciones y sentimientos compartidos. Participaron responsables por niños que sufrieron la pérdida de un Pariente próximo cuando tenían entre dos y ocho años de edad. Los datos fueron recogidos por medio de entrevistas abiertas y analizados a partir de la identificación de categorías recurrentes en el discurso de los entrevistados. Los resultados apuntan a la importancia de una comunicación abierta y clara con el niño, además de adecuada a su nivel de comprensión; resaltan los beneficios de compartir sentimientos y demostrar la fuerza del apoyo social de la familia extensa en el período pos-mortuorio. Se concluye que, a pesar de difícil, la comunicación de la muerte de un pariente próximo al niño es imprescindible y debe ser revestida de algunos cuidados básicos por parte del comunicador, que debe ser alguien con quien el niño tenga fuertes lazos de afectividad....(AU)