Morgan Jivens, Ifeoma Okafor, Elizabeth A Beverly
Osteopathic medical students' understanding of race-based medicine
Journal of osteopathic medicine
palliative care involves providing comprehensive physical psychological social care improve clinical symptoms quality life well ensure patients dignity end life nurses important members hospice care teams undergraduate nursing students hospice care providers future ability undergraduate nursing students provide hospice care thus directly affect service quality understand relationship hospice competence deathcoping abilities nursing students provide theoretical basis promoting development hospice education nursing students convenience sample 204 nursing students university china completed general conditions questionnaire hospice competency assessment questionnaire simplified version coping death scale participants overall average hospice competency score 46 3552 average score 30 2333 effective caregiving skills 26 2030 cultural ethical values 30 2234 interprofessional teamwork average deathcoping competency score 92 72107 multivariate logistic regression spearmans correlation analysis showed positive correlation deathcoping hospice competencies p 005 nursing students overall hospice competency low moderate consequently nurse educators effectively modify hospice education curriculum using dedicated education unit model