Patient-Centered Care Competence of Surgical Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study in Türkiye

Authors : Behire SANÇAR, Aysel DOĞAN, Leyla ZENGİN AYDIN

Pages : 346-351

Doi:10.35440/hutfd.1320871

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Publication Date : 2023-08-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Background: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the pa-tient-centered care competence of nurses working in surgical units. Materials and Methods: The research was conducted with nurses working in the surgical clinics of university hospitals in Türkiye between January and September 2021. The data were col-lected using the Descriptive Information Form and Patient-Centered Care Competence Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PCCS);. All nurses were invited to participate on a voluntary basis and 310 nurses filled out the questionnaire. Results: In the comparison of the PCCS sub-dimensions with the descriptive features, a signifi-cant relationship was found between the nurses\` age and years of experience and the sub-dimension mean scores of respecting the patient\`s perspectives. There was a significant rela-tionship between the gender and education level of nurses and the mean sub-dimension scores for respecting patient perspectives, encouraging patient participation in care processes, and defending patients\` rights. Conclusions: The results of the study showed that the patient-centered care competency of surgical nurses was high.
Keywords : Hasta Merkezli Bakım, Cerrahi, Hemşirelik, Yetkinlik