Hospice Death Anxiety Essay
Reference Citation
Jonasen, Aaron M., O’Beirne, Brenda Rust (2016). Death anxiety in hospice employees. Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 72(3), 234-246. Retrieved from EBSCO host Education Research Complete.
Title
Death Anxiety in Hospice Employees.
Introduction
The purpose of this article was to examine how current hospice employees perceive their own death (p. 244). Age, gender, job title, and employment duration were examined along with the Revised Death Anxiety Scale (RDAS) for the 128 participants from a hospice in Southern Wisconsin (p. 234, 240). Results show a slightly indirect correlation between both study groups nurse (n=65) and non-nurse (n=63) in relation to RDAS and employment duration (p. 239, table 1).
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These patients all reside in-home, inpatient, respite, and in residential care facilities. “The hospice is a nonprofit agency which seeks to provide physical, emotional, and spiritual support to patients and their families” (p. 237). They used a total of 544 employees which included 481 women and 63 men. The age mean of participants was 43-45 years old. The final sample of 128 surveys used consisted of 65 nurses, non-nurses includes: 22 administrative staff, 17 social workers, 9 bereavement counselors, 6 spiritual chaplains, 5 supervisors, 3 doctors, and 1 pharmacist. Of these 128 participants, 118 were women and 10 were men (p. 237).
Instruments
RDAS-Based on a 5-point Likert scale. Consisted of 25 statements that each participant was asked if they agreed or disagreed with premeasured statements. This was the research method chosen to measure the death anxiety.
Procedure
An explanation after the study and the voluntary nature was given to the participant before the primary researcher presented each with a survey and informed consent. No researcher was present during the surveys and the completed surveys and informed consents were collected by the Grief Services Manager (p. 238,
Jonasen, Aaron M., O’Beirne, Brenda Rust (2016). Death anxiety in hospice employees. Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 72(3), 234-246. Retrieved from EBSCO host Education Research Complete.
Title
Death Anxiety in Hospice Employees.
Introduction
The purpose of this article was to examine how current hospice employees perceive their own death (p. 244). Age, gender, job title, and employment duration were examined along with the Revised Death Anxiety Scale (RDAS) for the 128 participants from a hospice in Southern Wisconsin (p. 234, 240). Results show a slightly indirect correlation between both study groups nurse (n=65) and non-nurse (n=63) in relation to RDAS and employment duration (p. 239, table 1).
Method …show more content…
These patients all reside in-home, inpatient, respite, and in residential care facilities. “The hospice is a nonprofit agency which seeks to provide physical, emotional, and spiritual support to patients and their families” (p. 237). They used a total of 544 employees which included 481 women and 63 men. The age mean of participants was 43-45 years old. The final sample of 128 surveys used consisted of 65 nurses, non-nurses includes: 22 administrative staff, 17 social workers, 9 bereavement counselors, 6 spiritual chaplains, 5 supervisors, 3 doctors, and 1 pharmacist. Of these 128 participants, 118 were women and 10 were men (p. 237).
Instruments
RDAS-Based on a 5-point Likert scale. Consisted of 25 statements that each participant was asked if they agreed or disagreed with premeasured statements. This was the research method chosen to measure the death anxiety.
Procedure
An explanation after the study and the voluntary nature was given to the participant before the primary researcher presented each with a survey and informed consent. No researcher was present during the surveys and the completed surveys and informed consents were collected by the Grief Services Manager (p. 238,