Model Development of Korean Professional Hospice Care Education

  • Park, Euy-Soon (College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Ro, You-Ja (College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Han, Sung-Suk (College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kim, Nam-Cho (College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kim, Hee-Seung (College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Park, Ho-Ran (College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Ahn, Sung-Hee (College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Published : 1999.10.01

Abstract

This study was conducted to develop an education program of hospice care for the professional in order to care for nurses for terminally ill patients facing death and their families. The Modified Tyler-Type Ends-Means model was used to guide the curriculum development of the study The curriculum include a philosophical conception of hospice education, fundamental concepts, purpose, objective and the educational contents. The content was developed based upon a 70% or more demand in educational demand analysis. The education program has a total of 360 hours consisting of 172 hours of theoretical study and 188 hours of practice including fundamental nursing care for hospice.

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