Caring Ability Of Nursing Students Research Articles

Current situation and influencing factors of humanistic care ability of nursing students in newly upgraded undergraduate colleges

Objective To understand the current situation and influencing factors of humanistic care ability of newly upgraded undergraduate nursing students. Methods A survey of 184 nursing undergraduates was conducted by means of humanistic care ability scale and college students' professional commitment scale. Results The score of humanistic care ability of nursing students was (171.01±12.96)points, which was lower than the domestic norm and positively correlated with professional commitment.As an important influencing factor, professional commitment could explain 16.60% variation in humanistic care ability. Conclusions The newly upgraded undergraduate universities are in a special transition period, and the humanistic care ability of nursing students is generally low. Therefore, the investment in humanistic care education should be increased, the guidance of professional attitude and the improvement of professional commitment should be emphasized, and the improvement of humanistic care ability should be promoted. Key words: Undergraduate nursing students; Humanistic caring ability

Humanistic caring ability of undergraduate nursing students and influence factors

Objective To investigate the status quo of humanistic caring ability of undergraduate nursing students, and to analyze the influencing factors. Methods By convenient sampling method, 171 students majoring in Nursing, enrolled to School of Nursing, Shanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2015, were selected and surveyed by Caring Ability Inventory (CAI) about their humanistic caring ability and influencing factors. Results In the scale CAI, total scores, scores of dimension courage, and scores of dimension patience of the nursing students were (185.29±23.32) , (58.30±9.91) , and (56.94±9.35) , lower than the norm (208.58±23.32) , (65.25±11.57) and (63.11±4.19) (t/Z=-12.907, -9.068, 2.229; P<0.001) . Scores of students, who were the only child in their family, on the dimension courage and patience were (55.17±10.51) and [57 (46, 61) ], lower than those who came from non-only-child family (59.16±9.59) and [59 (55, 63) ], (t/Z=-2.166, -2.651; P<0.05) . Conclusions Overall humanistic caring ability of nursing students in our country is relatively low. Educators should pay attention to related factors, formulate targeted training strategies, so as to strengthen education on humanistic caring of nursing students. Key words: Students, nursing; Humanistic caring

Correlation research between emotional intelligence and humanistic caring ability among nursing students

Objective To explore the correlation between emotional intelligence and humanistic caring ability among nursing students. Methods A total of 365 nursing students of a medical college of Tai'an in Shandong Province were investigated with the emotional intelligence scale and the caring ability inventory from June 2015 to July 2015. The Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between them. Results The total average scores of emotional intelligence and humanistic caring ability among nursing students were (4.97±0.38) and (4.75±0.67) . Pearson correlation analysis showed that the total score of emotional intelligence had a positive relation with the total score of humanistic caring ability among nursing students (r=0.460, P<0.05) . Conclusions The emotional intelligence of nursing students is positively related to humanistic caring ability. Clinical teachers should enhance emotional intelligence so as to improve humanistic caring ability of nursing students. Key words: Clinical teaching; Nursing students; Emotional intelligence; Humanistic caring; Correlation

A study on the correlation between humanistic care ability of nursing students and their family environment in western Guangxi

Objective To explore the correlation between humanistic care ability of nursing students and their family environmental factors. Methods A sample of 198 nursing students was recruited with cluster sampling method. Demographic data, humanistic caring capacity, and family environmental factors were collected using a self-designed questionnaire, Caring Ability-Inventory (CAI) and Family Environment Scale (FES-CV) and then an analysis was conducted. Results Han nationality students accounted for 32.83%(65/198), minority students accounted for 67.17%(133/198) . The total average score of humanistic care ability was 190.79±18.84, the average score of items was 5.16±0.99. There were significant differences between our participants and those regarded as international norms on the three dimensions of humanistic care ability (t=-16.27--8.12, P < 0.01). The total average score of family environment was 42.57±8.88. Significant differences were also presented between our participants and those of domestic norms on the ten factors of the family environment (t=-10.94-30.04, P < 0.01). The significant correlation was not documented between the total scores of humanistic care ability and family environment. However, the correlations were documented between the six domains of family environment (intimacy, emotional expression, knowledge, entertainment, contradiction, sense of organization) and the total score and each dimension of humanistic caring capacity (P < 0.05 or 0.01). Conclusions The humanistic care ability of nursing students in minority area is relatively low. The humanistic care ability and family environment are correlated on the multi-dimensional facets. School educational strategies should be combined with family environment factors of nursing students to jointly promote the humanistic care ability of nursing students. Key words: Students, nursing; Humanistic care ability; Family environment

The correlation between caring ability and clinical learning environment of nursing students in clinical practice

Objective To explore the status quo of clinical nursing students' caring ability and clinical learning environment,and analyze the correlation between them.Methods 112 clinical nursing students in a grade three and first-class hospital in Hefei were investigated by using the caring ability inventory and nursing clinical learning environment scale.Results The mean score of nursing students on caring ability inventory was (203.12±12.14) points,and the scores of knowing,courage and patience were (78.26±8.27) points,(66.41±5.68) points and (58.45±4.30) points.The total score of clinical learning environment was (146.79±11.76) points,and the scores of six dimensions were task location (25.52±4.77) points,work atmosphere and team culture (25.33±5.21) points,student participation (24.96±4.14) points,interpersonal relation (24.54±5.20) points,innovation (23.59±3.54) points and individuation (22.87±3.26) points.By Pearson correlation analysis,the coefficient of correlation was 0.509 between caring ability and clinical learning environment of nursing students in clinical practice.Conclusions Most nursing students are moderately satisfied with clinical learning environment while their caring ability remains to be improved.There is positive correlation between the caring ability and clinical learning environment of nursing students.Therefore,nursing managers should take corresponding measures to create favorable clinical learning environment,so as to promote the caring ability of nursing students. Key words: Nursing student; Caring ability; Clinical learning environment; Clinical practice

Analysis of influencing factors on care ability of college nursing students in Jilin province

Objective To provide the basis of exploring cultivating the care ability of nursing students by analyzing the present situation of caring ability of college nursing students.Methods An investigation on 214 college nursing students in grade 2010 of two colleges in Jilin province was carried out by caring ability inventory (CAI) and self-compiled questionnaire,to analyze the present situation and influencing factors of caring ability.Results The total average score of CAI was (169.78 ± 15.49).The average scores of cognitive,courage,patience were (70.90 ±9.75),(48.27 ±9.12),(56.15 ±6.56) respectively.All of them were lower than the normal mode.Both the total score of caring ability and the score of cognitive were significantly higher in students who had sisters or brothers than those in singleton (P ＜ 0.05).There was no statistical difference in the total average score of caring ability in different gender (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions The caring ability of nursing students in Jilin province is lower than normal.Nursing education should strengthen the training of care ability of nursing students in order to improve the quality of their care services in the future. Key words: Nursing students; Caring ability; Patient-friendly concept

Survey on status quo of nursing humanistic caring ability of nursing students

Objective To know the present situation and the different humanistic caring abilities among college nursing students,so as to provide reference for education training strategy of nursing humanity care.Methods A total of 396 college nursing students were investigated by using the nursing students' humanistic caring ability scale.Results The total score of nursing students' humanistic caring ability was (110.85±21.57),with a scoring rate of 61.59％.Statistically significant differences of humanistic caring ability were found among students of different education levels,different genders and different colleges.Conclusions The level of nursing students' humanistic caring ability was low,so nursing schools and clinical teaching hospitals should strengthen the training of students' humanistic caring ability according to the characteristics of different education level,and take effective training strategies to improve college nursing students' humanistic caring ability. Key words: College nursing students; Humanistic caring ability; Different education level

Research on the perceptions of caring and its related factors among undergraduate nursing students

Objective To provide evidence for cultivating caring ability of nursing students by exploring the cognition of undergraduate nursing students on caring behaviors and its related factors.Methods Caring Dimensions Inventory (CDI) was used to investigate 157 participants of three grades in a nursing school.Results The score of professional and technical aspect was higher. Students in grade 2 scored higher than other grades,the difference was statistically significant(F=4.679,P<0.05). For the nursing students, a positive correlation was showed between the agreements with importance of nursing caring behaviors, interest in nursing curriculum and the cognition of caring behaviors (P<0.05).The scores of caring behaviors of undergraduate nursing students were siatistically significant(P＜0.05).Conclusions The cognition level of caring behaviors of undergraduate nursing students should be improved by strengthening the education on humanistic caring and promoting the understanding of nursing caring. Key words: Students,nursing; Education,medical,undergraduate; Nursing care

Investigation and analysis of caring ability of nursing students in difffrernt situation in NICU

Objective To analyze the status of caring ability of nursing students in difffrernt situation in NICU, so as to provide the evidence for cultivating and improving their caring ability. Methods 80 students were investigated with questionnaire by method of random sampling, and refer to the evaluation of primary nurses and famihes of patients. Results The scores of caring ability of all students were under the norm. The score of courage in male students were higher than that in female students. The dimensions of cognition, courage and endurance of students showed obviours difference in Difffrernt college ( P < 0. 05 ). Conclusions Nursing students are short of caring ability, which should be highly addressed by teachers in college and clinic. Key words: Qustionnaire survey; Clinical practice; Caring ability; Intensive care unit; Students