Self-care appraisal in nursing assistant students: Adaptation, validation and psychometric properties of the Spanish ASAS.

ABSTRACT: The core implication of nursing professionals' labor is promoting self-care and foster well-being among healthcare service users. The beginning of the healing process starts with the provider, and self-care habits are needed to positively impact on patients' care outcomes at different spheres. Overall, current literature supports the idea that nurses' personal self-care should be a necessary skill to be expected in their professional role. In this regard, the Appraisal of Self-care Agency Scale (ASAS) is a worldwide known instrument aimed at assessing the ability to engage in self-care. However, it has never been tested in the Spanish context before, and much less in nursing practitioners or apprentices. The aim of this study was to translate, adapt and validate the ASAS for Spanish nursin

SUBMITTER: Colomer-Perez N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8654172 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature