Caritas and Job Environment: A Replication of Persky et al

Autor: Judi Church, Tina McMillin, Rachelle Wamsley, Kay Campbell, Mary Beth Kaylor, Devon M. Berry
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Contemporary Nurse. :1807-1836
ISSN: 1037-6178
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2012.1807
Popis: The purpose of this study was to replicate and expand on Persky, Nelson, Watson, and Bent (2008) study of characteristics related to nurses who were effective in Watson's Caritas framework. Previous research suggests that poorer work environments are associated with higher levels of caring. This surprising finding warrants further investigation. Registered nurses were recruited from a mid-sized community-based hospital in the Midwest portion of the United States of America (N = 20). Each completed the health environment survey (HES). Ten patients that had received primary care from the nurse completed the caring factors survey (CFS). Two hundred nurse/patient dyads were used to determine the relationship between the CFS and HES. Six of the 13 HES scales were positively associated with CFS scores. As nurses' positive perceptions of the work environment increased, patients' perceptions of caring increased. Our findings contrast Persky et al.'s. Further research is needed examining factors influencing the relationship between job environment and patient perceptions of caring.
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