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anatomy education fundamental part clinical nursing anatomy courses may lead range psychological changes death anxiety sense meaning life experiences changes may influence students willingness donate body insufficient evidence whether anatomy courses bring changes reasons behind experiences unclear focusing changes essential improve anatomy education nursing promote mental health students nursing field explore changes underlying reasons death anxiety sense meaning life willingness donate body anatomy courses explanatory sequential explanatory mixedmethods study total 60 students completed quantitative surveys 16 students subsamples quantitative stage included qualitative interviews students comprehensive university changsha hunan province china data collected september 2022 april 2023 including two rounds questionnaire surveys one interview questionnaires included sociodemographic data death anxiety scale ctdas meaning life scale mlq body donation willingness question interviews conducted based research objectives statistical methods included descriptive statistics ztests thematic analysis quantitative results showed decrease emotional dimension death anxiety z 2534 p 005 increase body donation willingness z 3183 p 005 qualitative analysis revealed cognitive experience value assessment may relate changes based two themes reduction death anxiety emotional dimension attributed four factors demystification instrumentalization desensitization respect gratitude towards donors increase willingness donate bodies attributed two aspects increase knowledge body donation affirmation value donation study found students experience decrease death anxiety emotional dimension increased inclination donate bodies anatomy courses may related cognitive experience value assessment future nursing anatomy education could delve deeper two perspectives support students positively cope death anxiety rethink body donation enriching death education activities donor memorial ceremonies results provide basis designing anatomy courses improving psychological wellbeing professional competence nursing students