en <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Aims:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> Nurses are responsible for meeting the care needs of dying patients and their families, including the evaluation and provision of spiritual care. Therefore, this study investigated nurses’ attitudes toward death and their understanding of spirituality and spiritual care.</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Instrument & Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> This descriptive-analytical study included 237 Iranian nurses working in hospitals in southeast Iran in 2023. The data were collected using the Death Attitude Profile-Revised and the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 22 software, employing descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient.</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Findings:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> <a name=_Hlk188037758>The average score of nurses’ attitudes toward death was 134.80±12.57, and the average score of nurses’ attitudes toward spirituality and spiritual care was 84.59±9.98. There was a weak correlation between scores of the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale and Death Attitude Profile-Revised subscales. There was no relationship between participants’ perceptions of spiritual care and their attitudes toward death (p≤0.05).</a></span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif></span></span></span></span></span><br> <b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=line-height:107%><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Conclusion:</span></span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=line-height:107%><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> Education and work experience are effective in fostering a positive attitude among nurses toward death.</span></span></span> Attitude,Spirituality,Nurses,Attitudes to Death,Iran, 235 240 http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-82865-3&slc_lang=en&sid=4 M. Sarhadi 1003194753284600361265 1003194753284600361265 Yes “Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery,” and “Community Nursing Research Center”, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran