26

Family members who stay close to a dying person often interfere with a professionals’ job with the patient.

27

The length of time required to give nursing care to a dying person would frustrate me.

28

Families should not be concerned about helping their dying member make the best of his/her remaining life.

29

Family should not maintain as normal an environment as possible for their dying member.

30

The nurse should not be the one to talk about death with the dying person.

31

The family should not be involved in the physical care of the dying person.

32

It is difficult to form a close relationship with the family of a dying member.

33

There are no times when death is welcomed by the dying person.

34

Nursing care for the patient’s family should not continue throughout the period of grief and bereavement.

35

The dying person and his/her family should not be the in-charge decision makers.

36

Addiction to pain relieving medication should not be a nursing concern.

37

Nursing care should not extend to the family of the dying person.

38

When a patient asks, “Nurse am I dying?” I think it is best to change the Subject to something cheerful.

39

I am afraid to become friends with chronically sick and dying patients.

40

I would be uncomfortable if I entered the room of a terminally ill person and found him/her crying.

41

I would be uncomfortable talking about impending death with the dying Person.

42

It is not possible for nurses to help patients prepare for death.

43

Death is the worst thing that can happen to a person.

44

I would feel like running away when the person actually died.

45

I would not want to be assigned to care for a dying person.