The level of preference of critical care nurses on the concept of truth telling in selected hospitals.

Date of Completion

2001

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Critical Care Nursing

Abstract

The descriptive type of research method was employed in this study. The respondents comprised of 94 critical care nurses from different intensive care units (Medical Intensive Care Unit, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) which were chosen through quota sampling method. A questionnaire adapted from Perico (1999) was used for data gathering. For the statistical treatment, frequency distribution, Mean, t-test and F-test were used. The major findings of this study were as follows: 1.) the respondents’ profile showed that out of 94 respondents, 62% belonged to the 21-25 age group, 79% were female, 83% were single, 97% were Catholics and 87% had 5 years or less working experience; 2.) the overall mean level of 3.73 revealed that the critical care nurses had high level of preference on the concept of truth telling; 3.) there was a significant difference in the level of preference of critical care nurses on the concept of truth telling according to age. It was manifested by the answered F-ratio of 3.25 which is significant a 0.05 level of significance using 2 and 91 degrees of freedom. The level of preference of critical care nurses on the concept of truth telling when grouped according to gender, civil status, religion, and length of experience did not vary. This study concluded that the preference for disclosure of medical information bounded on truth telling was significantly associated with younger age regardless of gender, civil status, religion, and length of experience. Majority of the critical care nurses indicated a high level of preference regarding truth telling of the diagnosis and prognosis of serious or terminal disease of the patient.

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Call Number: TH NM 01 04

Location: Research Commons

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