Analysis on the attitudes and influencing factors of hospice care among nursing undergraduates in Tibetan areas / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To understand the current situation of hospice care attitude among nursing students in Tibet university, to analyze the factors affecting nursing students' attitude towards hospice care; put forward the intervention measures to promote the development of hospice care ability.Methods:From June to August, 2019, 194 nursing undergraduates from Medical College of Tibet University were surveyed by questionnaire, including the Chinese version of the Frommelt Hospice care attitude scale (Fatcod-B), the Caring Ability evaluation scale (CAI), and the general nursing students questionnaire. SPSS 24.0 was used to transcribe and statistically analyze the data.Results:The total score of the hospice care attitude of nursing students was (93.56±7.42), the average score of items was (3.22 ± 0.25), and the highest score of caring attitude was (3.68 ± 0.56), the attitude dimension score of communication with terminal patients was the lowest (2.66 ± 0.42). The ability of nursing students to care for others, the degree of death topic discussion and the experience of other people's death can influence their palliative care attitude.Conclusions:The attitude of the undergraduate nursing students in Tibet is above the middle. Palliative care, and the nursing students' caring ability and communication ability should be improved by strengthening the practical experience and education and training, so as to promote the development of the students' palliative care ability.