Incorporating Caring Theory into Personal and Professional Nursing Practice to Improve Perception of Care

A comparative descriptive analysis of perceived quality of caring attitudes and behaviours between haemodialysis patients and their nurses

“…In the other two studies (Kalender et al, ; Yılmaz & Çinar, ), the CNPI‐70 was used with nursing students, a population similar but not identical to trained nurses. Compared with these four previous studies, our results are in line with those obtained in a real working context (Delmas et al, ; Desmond et al, ), but much lower than those obtained with nursing students (Kalender et al, ; Yılmaz & Çinar, ). The difference may be explained by the more idealistic view that students have of the profession, the greater ease they have using recently studied concepts and the larger presence of these concepts in current nursing training.…”

“…Globally, both nurses and patients reported a high frequency of caring attitudes and behaviours in the ten HD units that participated in the study. Levels were generally in line with those reported in other studies (Delmas et al, ; Desmond et al, ; Kalender et al, ; Yilmaz & Çinar, ), although a robust comparison is possible only in part owing to the small number of studies that have used the CNPI‐70. The instrument has been used extensively in more recent years to describe nurses’ caring attitudes and behaviours, but most studies in the past used the CNPI‐23, the abridged version of this instrument, or did not focus on the carative factors (see Cosette et al, , for a review).…”

“…The instrument has been used extensively in more recent years to describe nurses’ caring attitudes and behaviours, but most studies in the past used the CNPI‐23, the abridged version of this instrument, or did not focus on the carative factors (see Cosette et al, , for a review). Only four studies (Delmas et al, ; Desmond et al, ; Kalender et al, ; Yılmaz & Çinar, ) have previously used the CNPI‐70 scale to describe nurses’ caring attitudes and behaviours and thus provide results directly comparable to ours. However, two of these were pilot studies based on very small samples: Delmas et al () involved nine nurses and Desmond et al () involved 10.…”

“…Only four studies (Delmas et al, ; Desmond et al, ; Kalender et al, ; Yılmaz & Çinar, ) have previously used the CNPI‐70 scale to describe nurses’ caring attitudes and behaviours and thus provide results directly comparable to ours. However, two of these were pilot studies based on very small samples: Delmas et al () involved nine nurses and Desmond et al () involved 10. Consequently, their values are highly unstable and cannot be considered a sound reference.…”

“…Cronbach's alphas for the subscales and the items ranged from .73–.91 in the validation study (Cossette et al, ), suggesting overall good internal consistency. The scale has been used with nurses in Switzerland (Delmas et al, ) and the USA (Desmond et al, ) and with nursing students in Turkey (Kalender, Tosun, Çınar, Bağçivan, & Yaşar, ; Yilmaz & Çinar, ).…”