Fear of Death between Nursing Students in the Academic and Professional Programs

Dora Irene Purimahua; Marisa Manik; Evanny Indah Manurung

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2021.7825

Authors

Dora Irene Purimahua Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9937-7400
Marisa Manik Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5865-8452
Evanny Indah Manurung Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Tangerang, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4134-207X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.7825

Keywords:

Academic program, Death, Fear, Nursing students, Professional program

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY:. Nurses inevitably witness death in their professional practice. These experiences can trigger fear of a patient’s death, fear of their own death or fear of the dying process. A review of literature revealed the absence of studies on dying and feelings towards the dying process particularly fear of death among students in the Indonesian context.

AIM OF THE STUDY: This study explored the levels of fear of death and the differences between students enrolled sophomore academic program and those in the professional program.

METHODOLOGY: This was a quantitative comparative study that utilized a cross-sectional design. Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale was adapted to measure the fear of death among the respondents by using univariate analysis. Bivariate analysis was also utilized by applying the independent T-test to determine the significance of the difference in the data results. All 50 professional students were included in the study while simple random sampling was done to select 50 students enrolled in the academic program.

RESULTS: The level of fear of death among the sophomore students was moderate to high, while those in the professional program was moderate. Furthermore, the T-test revealed a p-value of 0.010 indicating a significant difference in the level of fear of death among sophomore academic program students compared to students in the professional program.

CONCLUSION: There is a significant difference in the level of fear of death between sophomore nursing students in the academic program compared to those in the professional nursing program.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

Plum Analytics Artifact Widget Block

References

Benjamin F. Principle of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publisher; 2011.

Colell R. Relationship between emotional intelligence and motivation to work in palliative care in nursing students. Med Paliativa. 2006;13(4):186-91.

Aradilla-Herrero A, Tomas-Sabado J, Gomez-Benito J. Death attitudes and emotional intelligence in nursing students. Omega (Westport). 2012;66(1):39-55. https://doi.org/10.2190/om.66.1.c PMid:23495536 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2190/OM.66.1.c

Espinoza VM, Sanhueza AO. Fear of death and its relationshi with the emotional intelligence of nursing students of conception. Acta Paul Enferm. 2012;25:607-13. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-21002012000400020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-21002012000400020

Gibbins J, Mccoubrie R, Forbes K. Why are newly qualified doctors unprepared to care for patients at the end of life? Med Educ. 2011;45:389-99. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03873.x PMid:21401687 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03873.x

Gorchs-Font N, Ramon-Aribau A, Yildirim M, Kroll T, Larkin PJ, Subirana-Casacuberta M. Nursing students’ first experience of death: Identifying mechanisms for practice learning. A realist review. Nurse Educ Today. 2021;96:104637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104637 PMid:33181484 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104637

Mondragón-Sánchez EJ, Cordero EA, María de Lourdes Morales Espinoza L, Landeros-Olvera EA. A comparison of the level of fear of death among students and nursing professionals in Mexico. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2015;23(2):323-8. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3550.2558 PMid:26039304 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3550.2558

Anderson NE, Kent B, Owens RG. Experiencing patient death in clinical practice: Nurses’ recollections of their earliest memorable patient death. Int J Nurs Stud. 2014;52(3):695-704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.12.005 PMid:25577307 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.12.005

Tomas-Sabado J, Limonere J, Abdel-Khalek AM. Spanish adaptation of the collett-lester fear of death scale. Death Stud. 2007;31(3):249-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481180601152625 PMid:17330362 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07481180601152625

Edo-Gual M, Monforte-Royo C, Aradilla-Herrero A, Tomas- Sabado J. Death attitudes and positive coping in Spanish nursing undergraduates: A cross-sectional and correlational study. J Clin Nurs. 2015;24(17-18):2429-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcon.12813 PMid:25950357 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12813

Jafari M, Rafiei H, Nassehi A, Soleimani F, Arab M, Noormohammadi MR. Caring for dying patients: Attitude of nursing students and effects of education. Indian J Palliat Care. 2015;21(2):192-7. https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.156497 PMid:26009673 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.156497

Edo-Gual M, Tomas-Sabado J, Bardallo-Porras D, Monforte-Royo C. The impact of death and dying on nursing students: An explanatory model. J Clin Nurs. 2014;23(23-24):3501-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12602 PMid:24698364 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12602

Heise BA, Wing DK, Hullinger AH. My patient died: A national study of nursing students’ perceptions after experiencing a patient death. Nurs Educ Perspect. 2018;39(6):355-9. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.nep.0000000000000335 PMid:29889184 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000335

Ranse K, Ranse J, Pelkowitz M. Third-year nursing students’ lived experience of caring for the dying: A hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Contemp Nurse. 2018;54(2):160-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2018.1461572 PMid:29669455 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2018.1461572

Bermejo JC, Villacieros M, Hassoun H. Attitudes towards end-of-life patient care and fear of death in healthcare student sample. Med Paliativa. 2018;25(3):168-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medipa.2017.02.004 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medipa.2017.02.004

Gillan PC, Jeong S, van de Riet P. Embodied good deaths and disembodied bad deaths: Undergraduate nursing student’s narratives of experience. Nurse Educ Today. 2021;97:104674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104674 PMid:33264738 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104674

Halbmayr-Kubicsek U. Encounter death and dying- fears and expectations of nursing students of their first confrontation with death and dying in clinical practice. Pflegewissenschaft. 2015;17:596-603. https://doi.org/10.3936/1320

Limonero JT, Tomas-Sabado J, Gomez-Benito J, Fernandez- Castro J, Cladellas R. Perceived personal competence and death anxiety in nursing students. ansiedad Estres. 2010;16(2-3):177-88.

Edo-Gual M, Tomás-Sábado J, Gomez-Benito J, Monforte- Royo C, Aradilla-Herrero A. Spanish adaptation of the frommelt attitude toward care of the dying scale (FATCOD-S) in nursing undergraduates. Omega (Westport). 2018;78(2):120-42. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222816688294 PMid:28092211 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222816688294

Marti-Garcia C, Fernandez-Alcantara M, Ruiz-Martin L, Montoya-Juarez R, Hueso-Montor C, Garcia-Caro MP. Facing death. Students’ thoughts towards the feeling of their own death. Anales Psicol. 2017;33:630-40.

Petrongolo M, Toothaker R. Nursing students’ perceptions of death and dying: A descriptive quantitative study. Nurse Educ Today. 2021;104:104993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104993 PMid:34098421 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104993

Fernandez-Martinez E, Liebana-Presa C, Martinez-Soriano M, Lopez-Alonso A. Fear of death and its relationship with emotional intelligence in nursing students. Med Paliativa. 2019;26(3):205- 10. https://doi.org/10.20986/medpal.2019.1064/2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.20986/medpal.2019.1064/2019

Alt-Gehrman P. Undergraduate nursing students’ perception of end-of-life care education placement in the nursing curriculum. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2017;19(6):571-9. https://doi.org/10.1097/NJH.0000000000000390 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/NJH.0000000000000390

Osterlind J, Prahl C, Westin L, Strang S, Bergh I, Henoch I, et al. Nursing students’ perceptions of caring for dying people, after one year in Nursing School. Nurse Educ Today. 2016;41:12-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2016.03.016 PMid:27138476 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2016.03.016

Asosiasi Institusi Pendidikan Ners Indonesia. Kurikulum Pendidikan Ners Indonesia 2021. Indonesia: Asosiasi Institusi Pendidikan Ners Indonesia; 2021.

Saha P, Jena P. Information needs and seeking behaviour of nursing students of Bhubaneswar, Odisha during COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Libr Philos Pract. 2021;5752:1-18.

Alsolais A, Alquwez N, Alotaibi KA, Alqarni AS, Almalki M, Alsomali F, et al. Risk perceptions, fear, depression, anxiety, stress and coping among Saudi nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Ment Health. 2021;30(2):194-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.1922636 PMid:33978543 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.1922636

Fernández IA, Moreno SC, Díaz LC, Gallegos-Torres RM, Fernández JA, Martínez EK. Fear, stress, and knowledge regarding COVID-19 in nursing students and recent graduates in Mexico. Invest Educ Enferm. 2021;39(1):e05. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v39n1e05 PMid:33687809 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iee.v39n1e05