{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: The Effect of Neonatal Intensive Care Nurses' Attitudes Towards Palliative Care on Death Anxiety and Burnout: An Analytic Cross-Sectional Study.
{Author}: Uslu-Sahan F;Terzioglu F;Dizdar EA;Kayademir N;Mutlu DK;Adıguzel G;Tozlu G;Baykal T;
{Journal}: Omega (Westport)
{Volume}: 0
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: 2024 May 17
{Factor}: 2.602
{DOI}: 10.1177/00302228241252866
{Abstract}: 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.