Nursing students' attitudes toward, and willingness to participate in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in the Canadian context : survey development
department or school: Health and Social Development, Faculty of (Okanagan)
department or school: Nursing, School of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Schroeder , Jocelyn
issued: 2022-12-01T19:24:49Z
issued: 2022
related degree: Master of Science in Nursing - MSN
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Background: In 2016 Canada passed legislation which legalised Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), allowing eligible Canadians the ability to receive a lethal substance to end their life under certain circumstances. Nurses in Canada have a significant role in providing care to clients before, during, and after a MAiD death. Nurses’ and nursing students’ experiences with MAiD thus far have been complex. The purpose of this study was to develop a survey to assess nursing students’ attitudes toward and willingness to participate in MAiD in the unique Canadian context. Methods: This study created and initially validated a survey that can be used at a future date to assess nursing students’ and their attitudes toward, and willingness to participate in, MAiD. This study utilized item generation techniques, a Delphi method with panel of expert nursing faculty, and a cognitive interview focus group with nursing students to prioritize, refine, and validate the survey questions. Results: The final survey consisted of 45 questions including four case studies. Categories of the survey included questions relating to: participant demographics, experiences with end-of-life and MAiD, knowledge of MAiD, agreement/disagreement with MAiD, influences of beliefs about MAiD, willingness to participate in roles related to MAiD, and clinical case scenarios. Discussion: This study provided a significant step in being able to assess nursing students’ attitudes toward MAiD in Canada, and the results aligned with existing literature. Each category of the survey proved to be an important area of future study, with several controversies providing a focus for future research.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/83336
note: NURSING STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD, AND WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING (MAID) IN THE CANADIAN CONTEXT: Survey Development by Jocelyn Schroeder BSN, University of Victoria at Selkirk College, 2011 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULLFILMENT OF THE REQUIRMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE in The College of Graduate Studies (Nursing) UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) November 2022 © Jocelyn Schroeder, 2022 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward, and Willingness to Participate in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in the Canadian Context: Survey Development submitted by Jocelyn Schroeder in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science Dr. Barb Pesut, School of Nursing Supervisor Dr. Lise Olson, School of Nursing Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Nelly Oelke, School of Nursing Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Sabre Cherkowski, School of Education University Examiner iii Abstract Background: In 2016 Canada passed legislation which legalised Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), allowing eligible Canadians the ability to receive a lethal substance to end their life under certain circumstances. Nurses in Canada have a significant role in providing care to clients before, during, and after a MAiD death. Nurses’ and nursing students’ experiences with MAiD thus far have been complex. The purpose of this study was to develop a survey to assess nursing students’ attitudes toward and willingness to participate in MAiD in the unique Canadian context. Methods: This study created and initially validated a survey that can be used at a future date to assess nursing students’ and their attitudes toward, and willingness to participate in, MAiD. This study utilized item generation techniques, a Delphi method with panel of expert nursing faculty, and a cognitive interview fo…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2023-02
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0422236
language: eng
degree discipline: Nursing
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Pesut, Barbara
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/83336