Browsing by Author "Yalim N.Y."

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Nursing Students’ Experiences With Death and Terminal Patients During Clinical Education
(2022-08-01) Gül Ş.; Demir Karabulut S.; Eren H.; Durmuş İskender M.; Göçmen Baykara Z.; Keles Ş.; Yıldız A.; Yalim N.Y.
The aim of this study is to explore nursing students’ experiences with death and terminal patients during clinical education. A secondary analysis of qualitative data that were collected through 11 focus group interviews with nursing students was performed. Data obtained from the interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. There were a total of 9 themes across 3 contexts. Data were grouped under the following themes: feelings experienced when encountering death for the first time, reactions to the first encounter with death, factors affecting the reactions to death, involvement in terminal patient care, being informed about the physical process that terminal patients are going through, students’ approach toward terminal patients and their relatives, health professionals’ approach toward terminal/dying patients/their relatives, changes in the ideas about death, and changes in the ideas about terminal/dying patients. The study shows a lack of guidance on the part of teachers who also avoid patients and families who are considered terminally ill.
The effect of professional education on medical and nursing students’ attitudes toward death
(2022-01-01) Gocmen Baykara Z.; Keles S.; Demir Karabulut S.; Gul S.; Eren H.; Durmus Iskender M.; Yildiz A.; Kavas M.V.; Yalim N.Y.
This qualitative study aims to reveal the effect of professional education on medical and nursing students’ attitudes toward death. The study was carried out with nursing and medical students (N = 197). Research data was collected through semi-structured interview questions and 23 focus group interviews. The data was assessed using thematic analysis method. The themes were evaluated within the context of perception of death, ethical dilemmas, and, death education. To achieve professional competency in attitudes toward death, it is imperative to form a common educational curriculum and practice that would help students develop a mutual language and value system about death.