Objective: 1) To describe nurses’ caring behavior for terminally ill pediatric patients 2) To identify the relationships between nurses’ caring behavior for terminally ill pediatric patients and personal factors of nurses.

Materials and methods: 70 pediatric nurses were selected by purposive sampling from pediatric general units and intensive care unit at Songklanagarind Hospital. Nurses had experiences in caring for terminally ill pediatric patients at least 6 months. The questionnaire consisted of 2 parts: personal data and nurses’ caring behavior for terminally ill pediatrics by rating scale. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.95.

Results: Nurses’ caring behavior for terminally ill pediatric patients was at high-level (X=2.37, S.D.=0.35). The highest dimension was physical care behavior (X=2.55, S.D.=0.32) then spiritual dimension (X=2.28, S.D.=0.52), and psychosocial dimension was the lowest score (X=2.25, S.D.=0.37). There was no significant correlation between nurses’ caring behavior for terminally ill pediatrics with personal factors of nurses.

Conclusions: The study could be used as baseline information to enhance the pediatric nurses understanding related to caring behavior for terminally ill pediatric patients. Also, the result could be used as a guideline for taking holistic care for the terminally ill pediatric patients.