Attitude of 90 practical nursing stu dents to altruism and its influencing factors

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-4748.2015.15.047

Abstract：Objective:To probe into the attitude of 90 practical nursing students to altruism and its influencing factors.Methods:The seven 90's practical nursing students were interviewed by using face to face and semi structured depth interview and the phenomenological research method in qualitative research.The data was ana-lyzed by the software of NVivo10.Results:About 90's practical nurses students'attitude to altruistic behavior in nursing.Five major structured concepts were extracted:the altruistic behavior was a pleasure;more altruistic be-haviors will be done;when implementing the altruistic behavior,the heart was full of contradictions and strug-gles;understanding and tolerance of the nurses who didn't help others;altruistic behaviors in nursing had both sides,advantages and disadvantages.Four major structured concepts were extracted about influencing factors of attitude:empathy and cognitive concept;the state at that time;sensitivity to the consciousness of nursing serv-ice;nursing work atmosphere formed in the department for many years.Conclusion:Nursing educators and nursing administrators should establish the leading incentive mechanism,set a good example for nursing students and further improve the clinical practice environment of nursing students,so as to strengthen the culti-vation of empathy of nursing students.