Authors : Jae-Woo Oh and So-Ja Jeon
Abstract: This study aims to provide basic data in building up the positive attitude on autopsy of nursing students by grasping the attitude on autopsy of nursing students and examining whether there is difference in it according to presence and absence of anatomy practice experience or no. This study was conducted for 102 students in the 1st-3rd grade of a nursing department located in C City. The data collection was done from Apr. 15, 2017-Apr. 30, 2017. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS program. As a result, the degree of attitude on autopsy of nursing students was average rating 2.88 out of 5 points and the difference in attitude on autopsy according to presence or absence of anatomy practice. It is considered that it is necessary to prepare the fundamental measures to make nursing students have a positive attitude on autopsy through anatomy practice of them. Furthermore, the positive change in attitude on autopsy of nursing students who would work as nurses will have a positive effect on the decision on autopsy of a deceased family at clinical field.
Jae-Woo Oh and So-Ja Jeon, 2018. Difference in Attitude on Autopsy of Nursing Students According to Presence or Absence of Anatomy Practice. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 13: 2470-2474.