Comparative analysis of care behaviors between inpatients and nurses / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To compare the evaluation of care behaviors among inpatients and nurses, in order to know the implementation of caring behavior from different perspectives, and to provide evidence for better humanistic care in hospitals. Methods The nurses' humanistic practice ability scale and the caring behavior scale were used to investigate 160 nurses and inpatients respectively in The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University. Results The total score of nurses' self rating for caring behavior was (4.15 ± 0.58) points, while the score of self-management ability was lowest, which was (3.84 ± 0.67) points;and the total score of nurses' caring behaviors was (3.49 ± 0.92) points, while the lowest scoring dimensions were respect and connection (3.42 ± 0.95) points. Nurses and patients both feel better at basic care (such as meeting basic needs, providing good environment), psychological care (such as giving support and) and professional care (such as health education), but both of them think that nurses did not do good enough in the provision of high-level emotional needs (such as diversified care, spiritual sustenance)and participation in nursing programmes. Conclusions The evaluation of nursing caring behavior is in the middle and upper level, which shown that the nurses have certain humanistic care and practical ability in clinical practice, and have been recognized by patients, but there is still a lot of room for improvement, and suggested that nursing administrators should give nurses enough respect and consideration while considering patients.