Abstract

Nurses often feel unable to help with decision-making near the end of life. The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument to measure medical-surgical nurses' attitudes toward assisting patients and families with end-of-life decision-making and to evaluate its psychometric properties. The Nurses' Attitudes Toward End-of-Life Decision-Making (NATED), a 37-item instrument with a Likert-scale format was developed based on analysis of interviews with medical-surgical nurses and their experiences with patients and families making end-of-life decisions. The interviews were analyzed and common themes with corresponding instrument items identified.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3152886; ProQuest document ID: 305119654. The author still retains copyright.

Susan M. Wise

Author Details

Susan M. Wise, PhD, RN, CNE

Sigma Membership

Lambda Chi

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Mixed/Multi Method Research

Keywords:

End-of-life Decisions, Family Dynamics, Nursing Care

Advisor

Susan C. McMillan

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of South Florida

Degree Year

2004

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None: Degree-based Submission

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Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2020-08-24

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