Oncology patients’ and nurses’ perceptions of caring

Abstract

Abstract

Perceptions of caring behaviours: A comparison of surgical oncology nurses and patients

“…All of these items were primarily focusing on mutual problem solving. Poirier and Sossong () suggested the lower scores on decision‐making, spirituality and appreciating a patient's life story may suggest that these concepts may be difficult to address in today's healthcare environment. Nurses in this study may have felt hesitant about discussing patient illness and treatment at this point of the cancer care trajectory.…”

“…Nurses may need to pay more attention to their caring assessment and individualise their needs. Poirier and Sossong () stated that oncology nurses need to be aware that patients may have different perceptions of caring depending on their stage of their illness and nurses need to validate with patients what care is important to them. Van der Elst, Dierckx de Casterle, Biets, Rchaidia, and Gastmans () suggest that specific dialogue happen between patients and nurses regarding the perspective and therefore might increase their mutual understanding.…”

“…All of these items were primarily focusing on mutual problem solving. Poirier and Sossong (2010) suggested the lower scores on decision-making, spirituality and appreciating a patient's life story may suggest that these concepts may The only nurse characteristic study related to perceptions of caring was education, with nurses who had completed a Bachelor's degree scoring slightly higher. Although the difference was small, it was statistically significant.…”

“…expectations, thereby reducing dissatisfaction (Ogugu et al, 2015). Poirier and Sossong (2010) studied 19 patients and 15 nurses using the Caring Behaviors Inventory for Elders (CBI-E). Nurses rated their caring behaviours higher than did the patients.…”

Who cares? A critical discussion of the value of caring from a patient and healthcare professional perspective

“…These variables were identified from the findings of previous research studies and required exploration in this study to ascertain if they influence caring (Finfgeld-Connette, 2008;Land and Suhonen, 2009;McCormack and McCance, 2010;Poirier and Sossong, 2010;Suhonen et al, 2009Suhonen et al, , 2010bWebster, 2001;Wolf et al, 2008;Yeakel et al, 2003;Youssef et al, 2013).…”