Abstract

Family care at end-of-life is delivered by nurses and includes communication and explanations, providing emotional support for the family, creating an environment in which death occurs with dignity, providing privacy, facilitating visitation, and honoring and meeting cultural and personal family values (Beckstrand et al., 2011; Bloomer et al., 2013; Cronin et al., 2015; Heidari & Norouzadeh, 2014).

There appears to be a gap in the empirical evidence and literature on this topic. Regarding the knowledge and comfort of student nurses, and subsequently nurses, in family care at the end-of-life, there is disparity. To determine what must be taught to nursing students, there must first be a needs assessment. The purpose of this study is to investigate what nursing students perceive their needs, challenges, and facilitators to providing competent family care at end-of-life.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10982456; ProQuest document ID: 2151513192. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Penny A. Alt-Gehrman, PhD, MSN, RN

Sigma Membership

Delta Lambda at-Large

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

End-of-Life Care, Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Family Caregivers

Advisor

Kristin Haglund

Second Advisor

Aimee Woda

Third Advisor

Susan Breakwell

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Marquette University

Degree Year

2018

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-09-28

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