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Dominican University of California

Hospice Nurses Knowledge, Attitudes, and Reported Confidence in End-of-Life Story Telling and Perceptions of the Dying Experience: Intervention Study

Abstract

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<p>Dying, as a part of living, is a subjective experience. Hospice Nurses provide compassionate care for the dying. Utilizing a quasi-experimental single group repeated measures design, the researcher examined the relationship between an end-of-life story telling class and subsequent nurse’s knowledge, attitudes, and confidence. A convenience sampling method was used. The sample consisted of 6 Hospice Nurse Case Managers. The study findings support offering Hospice Nurses a class on client end-of- life story telling.</p>

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
Master's Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Nursing
Year
2003

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Butler, Cathy
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Luanne Linnard-Palmer, EdD, RN

Subjects

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Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:scholar.dominican.edu:nursing-masters-theses-1013

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2026-07-24
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citation

Butler, Cathy. Hospice Nurses Knowledge, Attitudes, and Reported Confidence in End-of-Life Story Telling and Perceptions of the Dying Experience: Intervention Study. Master's Thesis thesis, 2003. https://scholar.dominican.edu/nursing-masters-theses/14