%0 Journal Article
%T The Effect of Neonatal Intensive Care Nurses' Attitudes Towards Palliative Care on Death Anxiety and Burnout: An Analytic Cross-Sectional Study.
%A Uslu-Sahan F
%A Terzioglu F
%A Dizdar EA
%A Kayademir N
%A Mutlu DK
%A Adıguzel G
%A Tozlu G
%A Baykal T
%J Omega (Westport)
%V 0
%N 0
%D 2024 May 17
%M 38758172
%F 2.602
%R 10.1177/00302228241252866
%X This study aimed to determined the effect of neonatal intensive care nurses' attitudes towards palliative care on death anxiety and burnout. This was an analytic cross-sectional study conducted with 215 neonatal intensive care nurses working a children's hospital with Turkey's largest NICU bed capacity. The mean Neonatal Palliative Care Attitude Scale total score was 3.04 ± 0.78, and the mean scores of the organization, resources, and clinician subscales were 3.16 ± 0.86, 2.87 ± 0.80, and 3.10 ± 0.97, respectively. The participants' mean Death Anxiety Scale score was 57.65 ± 21.46, and the mean Burnout Inventory score was 39.21 ± 17.61. The organization subscale explained 17% of the variance in death anxiety, and the organization and resources subscales explained 31% of the variance in burnout. Neonatal intensive care nurses' palliative care attitudes are moderate; they face obstacles in providing and improving their attitudes in this field. The high level of obstacles increases nurses' death anxiety and burnout.