Psychometric testing of the facilitative student–patient relationship scale within six EUROPEAN countries

Abstract

The interpersonal relationship between nurses and patients has been emphasized internationally in all areas of health care, including the education of future nurses (Biddle et al., 2021; European Patients Forum, 2020;McCarron et al., 2019;Rowland et al., 2019). Moreover, the standards of patient involvement in healthcare services, with minimum requirements for person-centred care (EN 17398: 2020), challenge both professionals and educators to develop practices fostering current and future nurses to engage in partnerships with individual patients and supporting them in shared decision-making and self-care management. In clinical practicum, transformative learning and relationship-based, collaborative practices are approaches that empower nursing students to work in partnership with patients, with an aim to understand diverse determinants that affect patient health outcomes, promote patients' well-being and reduce health