Sense of satisfaction entertained by nurses in terminal care / 日本農村医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

　　Objective: This presentation is designed to clarify the sense of satisfaction entertained by home visiting nurses and nosocomial nurses and relations among the “sense of efficiency,” “work stress,” “sense of satisfaction with duty work,&rdquo and “posture toward terminal care.”　　Methods: The subjects of this study include 106 home visiting nurses and 120 nosocomial nurses and were asked about the factors cited in the Objective. 　　Results: In the group of home visiting nurses, the age and the sense of self-efficacy were high, the number of years in service was great and they had many children. In both groups, significant correlations were observed between the “sense of satisfaction with the delivery of full terminal nursing care to the last moment” and the “yardstick of attitude toward terminal care.” In the home visiting group, significant correlations were noted between the “sense of satisfaction with the delivery of full terminal care to the last moment” and the “sense of self-efficacy.” In the group of nosocomial nurses, significant correlations were witnessed in the “sense of satisfaction with the delivery of full nursing care to the last moment” and the “sense of satisfaction with hospital work.”　　Discussion and conclusion: Home visiting nurses appeared to have a high sense of self-efficacy as their ages were high and they had many years of experience in nursing care and family life.　　The sense of satisfaction with the delivery of full nursing care to the last moment was considered high among nosocomial mursesandhome visiting nurses, as they have grappled with the delivery of terminal care in a forward-looking posture.　　The sense of satisfaction with the delivery of full terminal care was presumably looked upon as having an effect on the sense of satisfaction with nursing care as a line of duty.