A Patient Outcome Criterion Measure

Hegedus, Kathryn Stewart

doi:10.1097/00006247-197901000-00018

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“…Volicer (1973) and Volicer and Bohannon (1975) used a procedure comparative to Holmes and Rahe in developing The Hospital Stress Rating Scale. Several investigators, ( Hegedus 1979, Gardner 1991) have used the Volicer instrument as a patient outcome criterion measure in evaluating nursing practice, thus reaffirming that the techniques used by Holmes and Rahe and Volicer are suitable for use in a clinical setting. These methods were used, therefore, for the development of this instrument.…”

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Providers’ and consumers’ perspective of nurses’ caring behaviours

Hegedus

1999

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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The primary purpose of this article is to discuss the development and testing of a scale designed to examine nurses' caring behaviours. A pilot study was conducted with a convenience sample (n = 81) of 42 nurses (providers) and 39 patients (consumers). The setting was two community hospitals in the New England Region. The respondents were able to assign a rank of the items (nurses' caring behaviours) with a spread of mean values from 3.5 to 16.7. There was agreement on the most caring behaviour, 'The nurses treat me as an individual', on the behaviour in the middle range of caring, 'The nurses comfort me by their silent presence', and on the least caring behaviour, 'The nurses did not talk about how my illness might affect my life'. The Wilcoxon two-sample rank-sum test was used to test the difference in rank of the 20 items between the providers and the consumers. There was a significant difference between the providers and the consumers in the ranking of nine of the 20 items. The consumers valued behaviours that recognized their individual perspective as well as that of their family and behaviours that helped them anticipate and prepare for change. The providers placed a greater emphasis on the behaviours that were more geared towards the comforting aspects of care by encouraging patients to express and vent their feelings. These findings allow clinicians to be sensitized to their caring behaviours by increasing their realization of how behaviours are perceived by patients. The instrument needs minor revision and then further testing is indicated.

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Providers’ and consumers’ perspective of nurses’ caring behaviours

Hegedus

1999

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Daeffler 1975. Watson 1978, Hegedus 1979. Thirdly, improved job satisfaction for nurses (Marram ^r al.…”

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A comparison of nurse‐related behaviour, philosophy of care and job satisfaction in team and primary nursing

Reed

1988

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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The study compares team and primary nursing modes of organization of nursing care on three related variables, namely: nurse-related behaviour and quality of care, philosophy of care and job satisfaction for nurses. The historical dimension and evolution of modes of care, quality of care, philosophy of care and theories of job satisfaction are discussed within the context of the study. The literature and previous research studies conducted on team and primary nursing are reviewed and comparisons of the two are made. Analysis of data collected yielded results which are compared for differences and benefits between team and primary nursing. The results of the study suggest that when compared to team nursing mode of organization of care, primary nursing affords increased quality of care, a more coherent philosophy of nursing and increased job satisfaction for nurses. Methodological problems are examined and implications for policy explored.

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