Abstract: Objective To explore the effects of death coping ability and professional coping self-efficacyon job burnout of nurses in oncology department. Methods Totally 182 oncology departmentnurses from five tertiary hospitals in Wuxi City were selected by the convenient sampling method from September to November 2021.They were investigated and analyzed by death coping ability scale,occupational coping self-efficacy scale and job burnout scale. Results The death coping ability score of nurses in oncology department was （42.84±6.46）points,the professional coping self-efficacyscore was （33.46±5.24）points,and the job burnout score was （62.18±10.42）points.There were statistically significantdifferences the scores of death coping ability among oncology departmentnursesof different age,educational level,professional title,working years,marital status,the number of dying patients cared and the number of funerals attended（all P<0.05）. There were statistically significantdifferences in the scores of professional coping self-efficacy among oncology departmentnursesof different age,educational level,professional title,working years,marital status,and the number of dying patients cared（all P<0.05）. There were statistically significantdifferences in thejob burnout scoresamong oncology departmentnursesof different age,professional title,working years and marital status（all P<0.05）. The score of death coping ability was negatively correlated with the score of job burnout（r=-0.528,P<0.01）,the score of professional coping self-efficacywas negatively correlated with the score of job burnout（r=-0.642,P<0.01）,and the score of death coping ability was positively correlated with the score ofprofessional coping self-efficacy（r=0.658,P<0.01）. The death coping ability and professional coping self-efficacy can jointly explain 33.8% of the variation of job burnout of nurses in oncology department. Conclusion The death coping ability and professional coping self-efficacy of oncology department nurses have a significant impact on job burnout,and improving death coping ability and professional coping self-efficacy will help to reduce the degree of job burnout.

Key words: Oncology department nurses, Death coping ability, Professional coping self-efficacy, Job burnout, Influence