Status quo and influencing factors of professional death avoidance of ICU nurses in tertiary grade A hospitals
XU Ying
YANG Changmei
GUO Shengmin
LIU Mengjie
ZENG Liangnan
LI Qianqian
YI Zihan
MING Xia
LIANG Ruichen
Abstract：Objective:To investigate the status quo and influencing factors of professional death avoidance in ICU nurses in tertiary grade A hospitals,and to provide reference for the formulation of intervention programs.Methods:A total of 464 ICU nurses from 12 tertiary grade A hospitals were investigated by general data questionnaire,Professional Death Avoidance Scale for ICU Nurses,Death Coping Scale and Death Anxiety Scale.Results:The total score of professional death avoidance of ICU nurses was(37.39±8.61).Age,religious belief,receiving death education in school,attending death education training in the past 1 year,attitude towards ICU nursing work,number of cadaver nursing,coping with death and death anxiety were the main influencing factors of professional death avoidance for ICU nurses(P＜0.05).Conclusions:The professional death avoidance of ICU nurses is at a medium level.There are many influencing factors of professional death avoidance for ICU nurses in tertiary grade A hospitals.Nursing managers can intervene according to the influencing factors to reduce the level of professional death avoidance among ICU nurses and improve the quality of nursing in ICU.
Keywords：ICU nursesprofessional death avoidancecoping with deathdeath anxietydeath educationinfluencing factors
Publication Date：2024-08-25
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 2916-2921 )