Abstract—Nurses must care patients with holistic care. Such work requires volunteerism which helps change people's way of life and social. The purposes of this research were to study 1) the relationship between volunteer spirit activities of nurses withthe perceivedandthe perception volunteer spirit activities;2) the beta weight of factors contributing to volunteer spirit activitiesof nurses and 3) the volunteer spirit enhancement of nurses. The target consisted of 318 nurses were conducted 33 hospitalsinthreesouthern border provinces,Thailand which attended a workshop between August 2012 to March 2013. The instruments used in the research were questionnaire about the perceived and the perception of volunteer spirit activities. The reliability of instruments was .89. The data were analyzed by frequency distribution, percentage, multiple correlations and multiple regressions.The findings were as follows: 1) The multiple correlations co-efficient between the volunteer spirit activities with perceived and perception of volunteer spirit activities were statistically significant at .01 level. 2) The perception and perceived of volunteer spirit activities positively contributed to volunteer spirit activities which were statistically significant at .01 level. The beta weight of the factors which contributed to volunteer spirit activities is at 34.30 percentages. Index Terms—Nurse, perceived, perception, three southern border provinces, volunteer spirit activities. I. INTRODUCTION The economic growth of Thailand expanding has been very rapidly [1]. Cause of society to change the way of living a materialistic society has fueled consumerism encourages people to convince,especially the youth as a major force in the future of society. The goal of life is the pursuit of wealth and enjoy epicurean lifestyle event on the rivalry. The centralized thinking lacks of volunteer awareness [2]. Volunteer spirit activity is a moral of good people, which is developed based on their knowledge, social experience, training and interacting with family or society. [3]. It helps change people's way of life and social in Thailand. It is a way to promote the work that should be happening in the community, society and nation[4]. Nurses as part of the society arethe most staff in hospital.Provide nursing care to patients and their relatives with close up 24 hours.Therefore they must be professional knowledge, be provided with an understanding of the human dimension and take care the suffering of the others [5]. These features will make the nursing career is complete. Improved quality of care, individual, group and society has been to get well received by the nurse. They must care patients with holistic Manuscript received June 1, 2013; revised August 10, 2013. Sarinda Puti is with the Prince of Songkla University. Pattani campus, Thailand (e-mail: psarinda@gmail. com). care. Such work requires volunteerism which helps change people's wayof lifeand social[6], [7]. II. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The general purpose of this study was to examine: z The factors affecting to volunteer spirit activitiesof nurses in three southern border provinces. z The beta weight of factors contributing to volunteer spirit activities of the nurses in three southern border provinces in Thailand. z The volunteer spirit enhancement of nurses in three southern border provinces in Thailand. III. BASIC ASSUMPTIONS There will be a significant with the perceived of volunteer spirit activitiesand perception of volunteer spirit activities. There will be a significant relationship with the perception of volunteer spirit activities and perceived of volunteer spirit activities. IV. DEFINITION OF TERM For the purpose of this study, the terms were defined as following: Volunteer spirits defined as a moral of good people, which is developed based on their knowledge, social experience, training and interacting with family or society.Volunteer spirit activity isa practice which nurse acts willingly not forced by supervisors such as to participate with the club or organization about the benefits of society,invite friends to be a member of club or organization about the benefits of society,be always anxious to help and support a benefit of society, etc. Nurseis a person whoworked in government hospitalfor less than two years. Three southern border provinces,Thailandconsist of Pattani, Yala and Naratiwas. V. METHODOLOGY The target consisted of 318 nurses were conducted 33 hospitals of Yala, Pattani, Narathiwas in the atmost southern border provinces of Thailand which attending a workshop; Volunteer: the power of creating society between August 2012 to March 2013. The data were collected through a questionnaire included the authorized letter by the researcher. Surveys were sent to all hospitals of southern Volunteer Spirit Enhancement of Nurses in Three Southern Border Provinces, Thailand Sarinda Puti 15 International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, Vol. 4, No. 1, January 2014 DOI: 10.7763/IJSSH.2014.V4.311