To explore the current status of humanistic care ability among oncology nurses, analyze the latent profiles of humanistic care ability and the influencing factors of different profiles.

From December 2022 to March 2023, 836 oncology nurses from 10 Class Ⅲ Grade A hospitals in Shandong Province were selected as the subject using convenience sampling. The survey was conducted using the General Information Questionnaire, Caring Ability Inventory, Professional Identity Scale, and Perceived Organizational Support Scale. Latent profile analysis was conducted using three observable indicators of humanistic care ability, and the influencing factors of different latent profiles of humanistic care ability were analyzed through single factor analysis and unordered multiclass Logistic regression.

The overall humanistic care ability of oncology nurses was lower than the international norm level. Through the latent profile analysis, there were three latent profiles, namely the care ability risk group, care ability potential group, and care ability advantage group. The care ability advantage group reached a moderate international norm level in terms of care ability, and its influencing factors included gender, being an only child, professional identity, and perceive organizational support, with statistically significant differences (all P<0.05) .

There is significant heterogeneity in the humanistic care ability of oncology nurses, and the latent profile is more accurate in analyzing humanistic care ability compared to overall differentiation. Nursing managers can provide personalized interventions based on different latent profile characteristics and influencing factors, so as to achieve balanced and homogeneous development of the overall care ability of oncology nurses.

Oncology service, hospital; Nurses; Humanistic care ability; Latent profile analysis; Influencing factors