Frequent exposure to patient deaths prompts nurses to experience grief. Unresolved grief leads to harmful consequences of nurses’ mental health and quality of nursing care. A cross-sectional study using an online survey was conducted to determine the psychometric properties of the Grief traits and State Scale for Nurses. Exploratory factor analysis revealed two factors measuring the level of nurses’ grief traits (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.84) and two factors in grief state (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.86). Nurses’ feelings of unable to provide good care were associated with a higher risk of grief (odds ratio (OR): 4.30, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.45–12.75), uncomfortable feeling toward deaths (OR: 11.29, 95%CI: 1.48–85.91), and emotional exhaustion (OR: 7.12, 95%CI: 1.63–30.99). Results indicated that the scale was reliable in determining the levels of their grief. Nurse managers can use the scale to identify their nurses’ levels of grief, creating opportunities to influence the resolution of the grief experiences.

频繁接触患者死亡会让护士感到悲伤。未解决的悲伤会对护士的心理健康和护理质量产生有害后果。使用在线调查进行横断面研究，以确定护士悲伤特征和状态量表的心理测量特性。探索性因素分析揭示了两个衡量护士悲伤特质水平的因素（Cronbach's alpha：0.84）和两个悲伤状态因素（Cronbach's alpha：0.86）。护士无法提供良好护理的感觉与较高的悲伤风险（比值比 (OR)：4.30，95% 置信区间 (CI)：1.45–12.75）、对死亡的不舒服感（OR：11.29，95%）相关。 CI：1.48–85.91）和情绪衰竭（OR：7.12，95%CI：1.63–30.99）。结果表明，该量表可以可靠地确定他们的悲伤程度。护士管理者可以使用该量表来确定护士的悲伤程度，从而创造机会影响悲伤经历的解决。