Author(s)

Tian Yulong ¹, Qiu Xiaoran ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Corresponding Author

Qiu Xiaoran

ABSTRACT

This study seeks to investigate the employment intention and death anxiety of undergraduate nursing students post-internships, to create a foundation for enhancing their job intention and diminishing nursing staff turnover. The method applied in this paper is the convenience sampling method, this study investigated the employment intention and death anxiety status of undergraduate nursing interns in a tertiary hospital through a questionnaire survey. The research results demonstrate that 158 of 233 nursing students are eager to take part in clinical nursing, making up 67.8%, while 32.2% are unwilling. The total score of death anxiety among nursing students after the internship is 38.14 ± 11.907. Among them, personal conditions, social security, occupational conditions, and other factors have a certain impact on the employment intention and death anxiety demand of nursing students. This study shows that the intention of undergraduate nursing students to continue clinical nursing work after internship needs to be improved, and family residence and death anxiety are important factors that affect their employment intention. Educators and nursing management should vigilantly observe the death anxiety of nursing students, to bolster their professional literacy and coping aptitude, bolster their physical and mental well-being, and foster the growth of nursing careers.

KEYWORDS

Nursing students; Employment intention; Death anxiety

CITE THIS PAPER

Tian Yulong, Qiu Xiaoran, A Study on Employment Intention and Death Anxiety of Undergraduate Nursing Students after Internship. Adult and Higher Education (2023) Vol. 5: 64-69. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aduhe.2023.051412.

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