THE DIFFERENCE ATTITUDE ON PALIATIVE NURSING ACTION BETWEEN STUDENTS WHO HAD ENROLLED AND HAVE NOT ENROLLED THE PALLIATIVE SUBJECT AT UNAI

ABSTRACT   THE DIFFERENCE ATTITUDE ON PALIATIVE NURSING ACTION BETWEEN STUDENTS WHO HAD ENROLLED AND HAVE NOT ENROLLED THE PALLIATIVE SUBJECT AT UNAI   Nurhayati Siagian Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Advent Indonesia Siagian_nurhayati@yahoo.co.id   Introduction: This study is conducted in relation to the fact where many students are not exposed to true palliative care because they have not got the Palliative nursing material. This is important because they are going to deal directly with the Palliative patients when they have practiced at the hospital as the result they have to know how to deal with and to look after the Palliative patients, whereas the Palliative Nursing subject is newly implemented in nursing curriculum in Indonesia.   Method: The research method used in this study was descriptive quantitative. The population were third year and fourth year students of Bachelor of Nursing program at Universitas Advent Indonesia. The samples were 84 students (42 students had enrolled Palliative Nursing subject and 42 students have not enrolled the Palliative Nursing subject), which were determined by purposive sampling. The instrument and material are used the Frommelt's Attitude Towards Care of the Dying (FATCOD) Score questionnaire consisting of 24 questions and used Likert scale.   Results: There was a significant difference on the attitudes on Paliative Nursing actions between students who have not enrolled and who had enrolled the Palliative subject, with the significance results of (2 tailed) 0.019 <0.005 which meant that there was a significant difference.   Discussion: After the research is conducted, it is found that there was a significant difference attitudes of the students who have not enrolled the Palliative Nursing subject when they have taken care the Palliative patients. The results of this study are expected to be useful for the community, especially to the students, lecturers and researchers in order to improve the Palliative nursing quality in Indonesia.   Keywords: Student Attitude, Palliative Nursing.