Abstract
Palliative care is one of the practice areas that is perceived difficult by nurses and nursing students. S tudents tend to avoid seeing patien t s with the deteriorating condition. This research aimed to identify the self-efficacy of internship nursing students in facing palliative patients within communication, management of the patient, and multidisciplinary teamwork components. This study was a descriptive quantitative. Samples were recruited from a population of internship nursing students at Faculty of Nursing Universitas Padjadjaran using a total sampling technique (n=159). Data were collected using Self-Efficacy Palliative Care scale (SEPC). Data were analyzed using mean scores calculated from the total scores of each respondent . The results showed that more than half of the respondents had a low level of self-efficacy. In terms of its component s , students’ self-efficacy in communication , multidisciplinary team collaboration , and patient management had a mean score of 38.24 (SD 10.35), 39.21 (SD 9.44), and 48.18 (SD 9.56) respectively . Based on the results, it is recommended to develop an active learning strategy for internship nursing students, especially in the aspects of communication, patient management, and multidisciplinary team collaboration.
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