Attitude of Nurese Towards Death and Dying of Patients in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Abstract

Attitudes of Nurses Towards Death and Dying Patients in Kaduna State was investigated using survey research design. To achieve the purpose of the study, quantitative data were collected from a sample of 262 nurses working in either general or specialist hospitals in the state. The instrument for data collection was a twenty-four-item. Attitudes of Nurses Towards Death and Dying Patients Questionnaire (ANTDDPQ). The collected data were analysed using mean and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The only hypothesis stated for the study was tested at 05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that nurses had negative attitudes towards death and dying, gender had little influence on the attitudes of nurses and age did not influence the attitudes of nurses