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Effects of Death Preparation Education on Nursing Students' Perceptions about the Meaning of Life, Death and Well-dying and Hospice

죽음준비교육이 간호학생들의 생의 의미, 죽음과 웰다잉, 호스피스에 대한 인식에 미치는 효과

  • 변도화 (가톨릭상지대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 박미현 (포항대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2017.01.23
  • Accepted : 2017.05.12
  • Published : 2017.05.31
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Abstract

This study, a non-equal prior and post quasi-experimental research on a control group, investigates the nursing students' change of perception on the meaning of life, death, well-dying and hospice in order to elucidate its effect. The study subjects were 38 students registered in the Department of Nursing Science in C University located in A city as the experimental group and another 36 students registered in the Department of Nursing Science in P University in P city as the control group. Death preparation education was conducted from February 29 through April 20, 2016. A 90-minute session was conducted each week for eight weeks and the data were analyzed by $x^2-test$ and t-test. In line with four domains of death education, i.e., cognition, emotion, practice and value, death preparation education was composed by imparting meaning to life and focusing on the perception on death, well-dying and hospice. From the study results, death preparation education enhanced nursing students' perception on the meaning of life, well-dying and hospice, and hence helped nursing students grant meaning to their lives and establish right values of life. Thus, it acted as a driving force for nursing students to live positive lives and is expected to be utilized as useful education which cultivates right perception on well-dying and hospice. However, in the absence of any significant difference in perception of death, repeated follow-up studies are required to verify the effect on the perception on death and the change in the perception of well-dying depending on the period of application.

본 연구는 죽음준비교육을 실시하여 간호대학생들의 생의 의미, 죽음과 웰다잉, 호스피스에 대한 인식의 변화 정도를 파악하고 효과를 규명하기 위한 비 동등성 대조군 전 후 유사실험 연구이다. 연구대상자는 A시의 C대학 간호학과에 재학 중인 38명을 실험군으로, P시의 P대학 간호학과에 재학 중인 36명을 대조군으로 선정하였다. 연구기간은 2016년 2월 29일부터 4월 20일까지 주 1회 90분씩 8회기에 걸쳐 죽음준비교육을 실시하였고, 자료 분석은 $x^2-test$, t-test로 분석하였다. 죽음준비교육은 죽음교육의 중심적인 4가지 영역인 인지적, 정서적, 실천적, 가치 영역의 구분에 맞추어 생의 의미를 부여하고 죽음과 웰다잉, 호스피스에 대한 인식에 중점을 두면서 내용을 구성하였다. 연구결과 죽음준비교육은 간호학생들의 생의 의미, 웰다잉 인식, 호스피스에 대한 인식을 높이는 것으로 나타나 간호학생들 자신의 생이라는 의미 부여와 함께 올바른 삶의 가치관 정립에 도움을 주며 긍정적으로 살아갈 수 있는 원동력이 되고, 웰다잉과 호스피스에 대한 올바른 인식 함양을 돕는 유용한 교육으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 반면 죽음에 대한 인식은 유의한 차이가 없는 것으로 나타나 죽음에 대한 인식에 대한 효과를 검증하는 반복 연구와 적용기간에 따라 웰다잉 인식 변화의 차이가 있는지를 확인하는 후속 연구가 필요함을 제언한다.

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