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Dimensions of Nurse Caring
Author(s) -
Wolf Zane Robinson,
Giardino Eileen Riviello,
Osborne Patricia A.,
Ambrose Marguerite Stahley
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00927.x
Subject(s) - varimax rotation , psychology , nursing , social connectedness , deference , exploratory factor analysis , empathy , principal (computer security) , social psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , psychometrics , cronbach's alpha , computer science , operating system
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