Investigation of nurses' families cognition on the nurse engaging in clinical fundamental nursing

Abstract

Objective To study the cognitive situation of nurses' families about the nurse engaging in clinical fundamental nursing and analyse the influencing factors,so as to explore relative intervention measures.Methods Totals of 462 clinical nurses' families were investigated with self-designed questionnaire about the cognition of nurse engaging in clinical fundamental nursing.Results Among 462 nurses' families,the rate of families understanding the importance of basic care was less than 20％ and only 13.85％ families believed that basic care was one of important responsibilities for nurses.The rate of nurses' families blinding to ' clinical fundamental nursing terms for patients in hospital' was 97.83％ and disagreeed their families to engage in basic nursing was 93.07％. More than 95％ families hoped their nurses to engage nursing operations such as intravenous fluids,oxygen inhalation and so on.No nurses' family likes nurses to assist or treat for patients' excretion.The score of male families cognition for nurses engaging in fundamental nursing was(45.60 ± 7.32 ),higher than that of female(39.85 ± 5.10 ),and the difference was statistically significant( t =9.80,P ＜ 0.01 ).There were significant differences on the cognitive degree in families with different relation to nurses( F =7.82,P ＜ 0.01 ).Conclusions The nurses' families cognitive degree of nurses engaging in clinical fundamental nursing is not only low but also negative.So,it is important to pay attention on the nurses families' education and moral cultivation and its influencing on nurses and enhance publicity and education to promoting nurses families positively face and influence nurses profession,improve nurses working treatment in order to increase their enthusiasm for clinical basic nursing. Key words: Cognition; Nurse; Nurses' families; Fundamental nursing