Abstract:

Objective To investigate the current situation of hospice care ability of undergraduate nursing students. Methods A survey of 296 undergraduate nursing students was conducted by using the hospice care ability questionnaire. Results The score of hospice care ability of undergraduate nursing students was（41.52±9.59）,which was below the medium level,including（14.48±3.91） for effective nursing skills,（15.49±3.34） for cultural and ethical values,and（11.55±2.96） for cross-professional teamwork. The factors influencing students’ ability of hospice care were the place of origin,whether they had cared for the critically ill patients,and whether they had participated in the training related to hospice care accounting for 32.2% of total variance. Conclusion The knowledge level and nursing skills of the undergraduate nursing students in hospice care need to be improved,and students’ teamwork ability is also relatively weak. Nursing education and management should actively disseminate and popularize the idea of hospice care,and develop the program of hospice care ability cultivation for undergraduate nursing students as soon as possible,so as to provide valuable reference for promoting the development of hospice care education in nursing.

Key words: Education,Nursing,Baccalaureate, Clinical Clerkship, Hospice Care, Root Cause Analysis