Image J Nurs Sch. 1994
Summer;26(2):107-11.
Dimensions of nurse caring.
Wolf ZR, Giardino ER, Osborne PA, Ambrose MS.
LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA 19141.
Dimensions of nurse caring were elicited through nurse and
patient responses on the revised Caring Behaviors Inventory
(CBI), a 43-item instrument. Subjects included 278 nurses and
263 patients and former patients. An exploratory factor analysis
using the principal components method with varimax rotation was
used to identify CBI dimensions; a five factor solution
resulted. The five dimensions of nurse caring were respectful
deference to others, assurance of human presence, positive
connectedness, professional knowledge and skill, and
attentiveness to the other's experience.
PMID: 8063315 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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