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Perception of Caring Among Patients and Nurses

BACKGROUND: Empirical evidence supports the contention that implementing caring nurse behaviors results in improved patient experience; however, previous studies find differences between patient and nurse perceptions of caring. SIGNIFICANCE: Good patient experience is positively related to desired c...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Diane, Newcomb, Patricia, Fusco, Phylann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6739676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31535007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2374373518795713
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description BACKGROUND: Empirical evidence supports the contention that implementing caring nurse behaviors results in improved patient experience; however, previous studies find differences between patient and nurse perceptions of caring. SIGNIFICANCE: Good patient experience is positively related to desired clinical and financial outcomes. Nurse caring is a critical component in the patient experience. OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this project were to evaluate the congruency between nurse and patient perceptions of nurse caring in a long-term acute care hospital and to determine how much patient perception of nurse caring changes over time. METHOD: The study employed mixed methods using a triangulation strategy in which quantitative data from patients and qualitative data from nurses were collected simultaneously and compared for interpretation. RESULTS: Time affected patient perception of caring significantly. Patients and nurses disagreed about the extent to which nurses ask patients what they know about their illnesses, help them deal with bad feelings, and make them feel comfortable. CONCLUSION: Patients and nurses do not always agree about the quality of caring behaviors, but exposure to nurses over time positively affects patient perception of nurse caring.
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spelling pubmed-67396762019-09-18 Perception of Caring Among Patients and Nurses Thomas, Diane Newcomb, Patricia Fusco, Phylann J Patient Exp Research Articles BACKGROUND: Empirical evidence supports the contention that implementing caring nurse behaviors results in improved patient experience; however, previous studies find differences between patient and nurse perceptions of caring. SIGNIFICANCE: Good patient experience is positively related to desired clinical and financial outcomes. Nurse caring is a critical component in the patient experience. OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this project were to evaluate the congruency between nurse and patient perceptions of nurse caring in a long-term acute care hospital and to determine how much patient perception of nurse caring changes over time. METHOD: The study employed mixed methods using a triangulation strategy in which quantitative data from patients and qualitative data from nurses were collected simultaneously and compared for interpretation. RESULTS: Time affected patient perception of caring significantly. Patients and nurses disagreed about the extent to which nurses ask patients what they know about their illnesses, help them deal with bad feelings, and make them feel comfortable. CONCLUSION: Patients and nurses do not always agree about the quality of caring behaviors, but exposure to nurses over time positively affects patient perception of nurse caring. SAGE Publications 2018-08-21 2019-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6739676/ /pubmed/31535007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2374373518795713 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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