Current situation and influencing factors of clinical nurses'coping with death competence
HAN Qing
ZHANG Ying
HUN Tiancheng
FENG Shumei
WANG Enmin
YANG Liping
Abstract:Objective To explore investigate the current situation and influencing factors of clinical nurses'death coping,and to pro-vide reference for targeted intervention.Methods A total of 371 clinical nurses from in a tertiary class A hospital were selected in Shaanxi Province.The general information questionnaire,Coping with Death Scale and Adult Attachment Scale were used to investigation.Results The average score of coping with death competence was(110.00±24.19),with a highest score of life conservation ability(4.86±0.42)and the lowest score of post-death handling(3.04±0.22).The number of death training in the past one year,death attitude,the situation of talking a-bout death with family members,close attachment,anxious attachment and dependent attachment style,had important impact on clinical nurses'coping with death.Conclusion The level of clinical nurses on coping with death is at a medium level,which is affected by adult attachment.Nursing managers can develop personalized death education courses according to the attachment style to alleviate the anxiety,fear and other bad e-motions of facing death-related events,improve the mental health level of clinical nurses,and promote the specialization of clinical nursing work.
Keywords:clinical nursesdeath copingadult attachmentdeath attitudea cross-sectional survey
Publication Date:2025-04-10
Online Publishing Date:2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages:6( 357-362 )
Journal of Nursing Administration

Journal of Nursing Administration

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ISSN:1671-315X
Year, Vol.(Issue):2025,25(4)