The relationship between characteristics of nurses and their attitude towards nursing diagnosis: a cluster analysis

Nurses’ characteristics and practice environments: Comparison between clusters with different attitude and utilisation profiles regarding nursing diagnosis

“…This study has provided evidence on the profile of nurses regarding the utilisation of and attitude towards ND. Previous studies have found a strong direct relationship between attitudes towards ND and the behaviour of using ND in their professional practice worldwide (D'Agostino et al, ; Netto & Almeida, ; Romero‐Sánchez et al, ). The results obtained in this study support this statement, as it was found that nurses with a more positive attitude towards ND are the ones who most frequently used it.…”

“…ND and nursing documentation are related concepts, as ND is considered a core element of nursing records that helps to avoid redundancy and encourage nurses to structure better their reports (Wilkinson, ). Nevertheless, although the type of management appears to be a factor that only influences attitudes towards ND, this should be considered a positive element for the given health care organisation, as, in previous studies, a favourable attitude has been associated with a higher utilisation in different types of institution (D'Agostino et al, ; Guedes et al, ; Romero‐Sánchez et al, ).…”

“…Until now, nurses’ characteristics, such as demographic attributes, have shown no influence on either the utilisation of or attitude towards ND (Romero‐Sánchez et al, ; Rudolph, ). Professional characteristics have also failed to have any influence on ND, with exceptions such as specific training in ND, which has been described as favourable for both use and attitude according to various studies (Collins, ; D'Agostino et al, ; Romero‐Sánchez et al, ).…”

“…Nurses' attitude towards ND is another important factor of concern if the adoption of ND is to be regarded as a practice framework. Attitudes have been proposed as an important behaviour determinant in the use of ND, as several studies conducted in different countries have found that nurses who had a positive attitude toward ND used it to a greater extent than those who did not (D'Agostino et al, 2016;Guedes, Turrini, Sousa, Baltar, & Cruz, 2012;Romero-Sánchez et al, 2014).…”

Measuring the effects of guided clinical reasoning on the Advanced Nursing Process quality, on nurses’ knowledge and attitude: Study protocol

“…The German PND version has been previously evaluated (Leoni‐Scheiber, Gothe, & Müller‐Staub, ). The psychometric properties of the original PND showed favourable results: its content validity exceeded an agreement of 90% by four expert raters (Lunney & Krenz, ), the test–retest reliability as measured by intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.90 (95% CI [0.87, 0.92]), and the internal consistency as measured by Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.96 (Romero‐Sánchez, Paloma‐Castro, et al, ). The construct validity was measured by confirmatory factor analysis and showed highly correlated factors in the three‐factor model solution (≥0.96) (D'Agostino et al, ).…”