A Study of the Relationship between the Attitude toward Life and Caring Behavior among Clinical Nurses

• Main Authors: KAO,YU-NA, 高尤娜
• Other Authors: CHOU,CHUAN-CHIANG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40295295821583769129

碩士 === 長榮大學 === 護理學系碩士班 === 104 === The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between attitude toward life and caring behavior among clinical nurses. A cross-sectional, convenient sampling was employed to recruit 1100 clinical nurses from a medical center in Southern Taiwan. A total of 1069 valid responses were received, with a response rate of 97.2 %. The questionnaires include three parts：(1) personal information；(2) attitude toward life scale, and (3) caring behavior scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows 19. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics including t-test, one –way ANOVA, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient were used. The results indicated as follows：(1) the average score of attitude toward life is 81.92(scoring range from 28 to 140 points) , suggesting a medium to high level of attitude toward life, (2) the average score of caring behavior is 51.06(scoring range from 0 to 84 points) , suggesting a medium level of caring behavior, (3) attitude toward life was significant differences with religion, marriage, educational level, family total income, working unit, and if he or she has received life education courses (4) caring behavior was significant differences with age,religion, marriage, quantity of children, educational level, family total income, personal hospital-staying experience, working years, professional level, working unit, the experience he or she has taken care of dying family, and whether he or she has received life education courses (5) attitude toward life was statistically positively correlated with caring behavior(r=.340 , p＜.001). The outcome of this research can provide the scheme of recruiting, training, in-service education of hospital nursing care members, and the reference of design of the courses in nursing care schools, moreover, to promote the demonstration of clinical caring behaviors.