The effects of an eight-hour continuing education course on the death anxiety levels of registered nurses

The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine the effects of a death and dying course on the death anxiety levels of registered nurses; The primary prevention mode of intervention of the Neuman Systems Model and Bandura's belief-oriented approach of the social learning theory provided the framework for this study. Templer's Death Anxiety Scale (DAS) was administered prior to the program (pre-test), immediately following the program (post-test I), and six weeks after the completion of the program (post-test II); Recommendations for further study include: replication with a larger sample group and random sampling, development of a tool which accurately measures death anxiety in registered nurses, assessment of educational interventions of death and dying curricula, use of Neuman's theory in continuing education programs, evaluation of timing of post-test administration of death anxiety tools, and the effects of religion and cultural values on death anxiety. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.).

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nursing

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

1990

Author dc:creator

• Wilkey, Susanne Fife

Contributors dc:contributor

• Vicky Carwein

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/90

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-1089