Author : Christine P. Krom
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Book Synopsis Hospice Nurses and the Palliative Care Environment: Indicators of Stress and Coping in the Draw-a-person-in-the-rain Test by : Christine P. Krom
Download or read book Hospice Nurses and the Palliative Care Environment: Indicators of Stress and Coping in the Draw-a-person-in-the-rain Test written by Christine P. Krom and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The levels of stress and coping experienced by hospice and palliative care nursing staff was investigated by the use of the Draw-a-Person-in-the-Rain Test (Verinis, Lichtenberg and Henrich, 1974). Thirty-five volunteer female hospice and palliative nurses (PN's, LPN's and CNA's) from Middlesex Hospital, Conecticut and the Hospice of Southeastern Conecticut participated in this study. Participants had an average work record of 6.07 years in the field and had experienced an average of 2.37 patient deaths in one month. Sixty packets were delivered to each site. Packets included a consent form, a demographic questionnaire, the Coping With Death Scale (Bugen, 1981, cited by Robbins, 1994), the Impact of Events Scale (Horowitz, Wilner and Alvarez, 1979) and the Draw-a-Person-in-the-Rain Test. The results suggest there is a correlation between the length of work experience and the number of deaths one can effectively cope within a short period of time. The ANOVA revealed a significant interaction between years of experience and death exposure (F (1,27=10.18, p