Clinical Scorecard: Exploring Adult Attachment Styles, Perspectives on Death, and Commitment to Nursing Careers Among Chinese Nursing Interns

At a Glance

Key Highlights

• Four distinct attachment profiles identified: relatively secure, mildly insecure, moderately insecure, and highly insecure.
• Higher attachment insecurity correlates with negative death attitudes and lower intention to remain in nursing.
• Significant differences in death attitudes across attachment profiles.
• Adjusted logistic regression shows lower odds of remaining in nursing for highly and moderately insecure profiles.

Guideline-Based Recommendations

Diagnosis

• Utilize latent profile analysis to identify attachment styles among nursing interns.

Management

• Implement targeted death education and psychological support for nursing students.

Monitoring & Follow-up

• Assess death attitudes and attachment styles periodically during clinical training.

Risks

• Higher attachment insecurity may lead to increased burnout and intention to leave the nursing profession.

Patient & Prescribing Data

Intern nursing students undergoing clinical training.

Addressing individual differences in attachment may improve coping with death-related experiences.

Clinical Best Practices

• Incorporate training on emotional regulation and coping strategies in nursing curricula.
• Facilitate discussions on death and dying to improve death attitudes among nursing students.

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