Perceptions of caring behaviours: A comparison of surgical oncology nurses and patients.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

The purpose of this article was to compare surgical oncology nurses caring behaviours to perceptions of their surgical oncology inpatients and determine internal consistency of the CAT-Nurse.

Background

Nursing practice at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, FL is guided by Duffy's Quality-Caring Model^© . No study using Duffy's model for both oncology nurses and patients has been found.

Design

A descriptive correlation design was used adhering to the STROBE guidelines. Data were collected using CAT-Nurse and compared to data from a previous study using CAT (version V).

Methods

Item responses were compared between nurses and patients using t tests.

Results

Patients scored higher on perceptions of

SUBMITTER: Compton EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7864373 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature