• Addisu Taye Abate, Fisseha Zewdu Amdie, Netsanet Habte Bayu, Dawit Gebeyehu, and Tesfamichael G/Mariam.
• Department of Medical Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia. addisutaye60@gmail.com.
• BMC Res Notes. 2019 Aug 19; 12 (1): 521.

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to assess nurses' Knowledge, Attitude and Associated Factors towards end of life care in Amhara Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017.ResultsA total of 331 participants were included with a response rate of 93.2%. From these, 129 (39.0%) of them had good knowledge and 234 (70.7%) had favorable attitude towards end of life care. Being Bachelor of Science holder and above in nursing (AOR = 4.261, 95% CI 1.524-11.912), working in Emergency department (AOR = 4.911, 95% CI 1.796-13.426), having daily experience of caring for chronically ill patients (AOR = 2.764, 95% CI 1.366-5.591) and taking training on end of life care (AOR = 10.269, 95% CI 4.730-22.296) were significantly associated with good knowledge of nurses towards end of life care. On the other hand, having 6-10 years of working experience in nursing (AOR = 2.199, 95% CI 1.147-4.215), being trained in end of life care (AOR = 3.027, 95% CI 1.285-7.13), Bachelor of Science holder and above in nursing (AOR = 4.414, 95% CI 2.230-8.738) were found to be statistically significant with more positive attitude of nurses towards end of life care.

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