<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<bold>Introduction</bold> : Contemporary patients’ expectations for a nurse do not only concern medical knowledge and practical skills, but also a proper moral attitude, commitment, courteousness and professionalism. The present study is an attempt to present personality traits of a nurse from the point of view of patients’ expectations based on Murray’s theory of needs.
The aim of this study was to analyse the image of a “perfect” and “bad” nurse in the opinion of hospitalized patients in the context of their own needs.
<bold>Materials and methods</bold> : The study included a group of 250 patients hospitalized in various departments. The Adjective Check List (ACL) was used to carry out the assessment.
<bold>Results</bold> : The study has shown that patients clearly expect that a nurse should have a need for order – with a mean of 60.36 ±7.58 and a need of endurance – with a mean of 59.13 ±6.61.
<bold>Conclusions</bold> : Patients explicitly differentiate the characteristics of a “perfect” nurse.
</abstract>

Introduction : Contemporary patients’ expectations for a nurse do not only concern medical knowledge and practical skills, but also a proper moral attitude, commitment, courteousness and professionalism. The present study is an attempt to present personality traits of a nurse from the point of view of patients’ expectations based on Murray’s theory of needs.
The aim of this study was to analyse the image of a “perfect” and “bad” nurse in the opinion of hospitalized patients in the context of their own needs.
Materials and methods : The study included a group of 250 patients hospitalized in various departments. The Adjective Check List (ACL) was used to carry out the assessment.
Results : The study has shown that patients clearly expect that a nurse should have a need for order – with a mean of 60.36 ±7.58 and a need of endurance – with a mean of 59.13 ±6.61.
Conclusions : Patients explicitly differentiate the characteristics of a “perfect” nurse.

An image of a perfect nurse in the opinion of hospitalized patients

Pomeranian Journal of Life Sciences

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

{"article-title":"An image of a perfect nurse in the opinion of hospitalized patients"}

Introduction : Contemporary patients’ expectations for a nurse do not only concern medical knowledge and practical skills, but also a proper moral attitude,...

An image of a perfect nurse in the opinion of hospitalized patients

Publié en ligne: 24 juin 2021

Pages: 44 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.620

Mots clés
hospitalization, perfect nurse, opinion, patient

© 2021 Sylwia Jałtuszewska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

An image of a perfect nurse in the opinion of hospitalized patients

Publié en ligne: 24 juin 2021

Pages: 44 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.620

Mots cléshospitalization, perfect nurse, opinion, patient

© 2021 Sylwia Jałtuszewska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
hospitalization, perfect nurse, opinion, patient