Date of Award
1992
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Parker, Marilyn
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to describe how nurses in middle-management positions rate caring attributes of nursing staff. A convenience sample of 99 nurses from three acute-care hospitals was asked to rate caring attributes of nursing staff using the Nyberg Caring Assessment Scale, a 20 item 5-point Likert scale instrument. Fifty-nine nurses in the sample volunteered to participate in the study. Participants rated the attribute communicating a helping, trusting attitude toward others as extremely important, and the attribute consider relationships before rules as somewhat important. The remaining eighteen items were rated very important caring attributes to be exhibited by nursing staff in relations with patients and others in acute-care facilities. The study adds to the literature on caring and contributes to the nursing profession by expanding information about caring-based practice.
Extent
95 p.
Recommended Citation
Harrell, Alma M., "Caring attributes of nursing staff as rated by nurses in middle-management positions" (1992). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 270.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/270
Identifier
FADT14870
Comments
Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1992.|Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1992.