Motivations for hospice care volunteerism and its influencing factors among undergraduate nursing students in Xinjiang
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20230130-00292
- VernacularTitle:新疆某高校护生安宁疗护志愿者动机现状及影响因素分析
- Author:
Mengru YANG
1
;
Xinxin LIU
;
Peijuan JIAO
;
Yue ZHAO
Author Information
1. 新疆医科大学护理学院，乌鲁木齐 830000
- Keywords:
Students, nursing;
Hospice palliative care;
Hospice palliative care;
Motivation for volunteerism;
Volunteer service
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2023;29(32):4390-4397
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the current situation of motivations for hospice care volunteerism among undergraduate nursing students, and to analyze its influencing factors.Methods:Using the convenient sampling method, a total of 575 nursing students from Nursing Department of Xinjiang Medical University were selected as the research objects in August 2022. They were investigated using general information questionnaire, Chinese version of Inventory of Motivations for Hospice Palliative Care Volunteerism Scale, The Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing, the Organizational Climate Scale and Prosocial Tendencies Measure Scale.Results:The score of Motivations for Hospice Palliative Care Volunteerism Scale for 575 nursing students was (87.32±20.54) , score of Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing was (7.89±3.44) , score of Organizational Climate Scale was (49.35±10.33) and the score of Prosocial Tendencies Measure scale was (96.71±18.25) . Qualities and abilities that college student volunteers should possess, access to hospice care, pro-social tendencies, and knowledge of palliative care were influential factors in nursing students' motivation to volunteerism for hospice care ( P<0.05) , which could explain 19.9% of the total variation. Conclusions:The motivations for hospice care volunteerism of undergraduate nursing students is in a medium and above level. Nursing educators should strengthen education and training related to nursing students' participation in hospice care, so that nursing students will participate in voluntary service activities through their own professional advantages, strengthen the voluntary team of hospice care, and promote the development of voluntary hospice care services.
