Exploring Nurse’s Communicative Role in Nurse-Patient Relations: A Qualitative Study
Introduction: Recognition the nurses’ communicative roles can influence quality of patient’s care. Therefore, this study was aimed to explore nurse’s role in nurse-patient relations. Methods: This study was a qualitative research in which collected data was analyzed by content anal...
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author | Ali Fakhr-Movahedi Zahra Rahnavard Mahvash Salsali Reza Negarandeh |
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description | Introduction: Recognition the nurses’ communicative roles can influence
quality of patient’s care. Therefore, this study was aimed to explore nurse’s role in
nurse-patient relations. Methods: This study was a qualitative research in which collected
data was analyzed by content analysis method. The participants were 23 nurses, patients and
their families in medical and surgical wards of a referral hospital in Tehran, Iran. Data were
collected by semi-structured interview and observation. Results: Data analysis was led to the
emergence of a main conceptual category: The patient's need-based communication. This category
was derived from two categories: 1) Identifying the patient’s needs; and 2) Communicative
behavior in the face of the patient’s needs. "Identifying the patient’s needs" was related to
"type of the patient’s problem", "patients’ inquiring about their health status" and
"monitoring the patient’s health status". "Communicative behavior in the face of the patient’s
needs" was composed of four subcategories: "caring attention", "informal education of the
patient", "inducing calmness to the patient", and "obtaining the trust of the patient".
Conclusion: The nurse’s role in relationship with patients is designed according to patients’
needs. Therefore, if the patients’ needs in clinical settings are defined and clarified
appropriately, the nurse-patient relations will be enhanced and thereby the quality of care
will be improved. |
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spelling | doaj.art-5c49711e6a57426192db6b36dad4202c2022-12-21T22:39:25ZengTabriz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Caring Sciences2251-99202016-12-015426727610.15171/jcs.2016.028JCS_71_20161129082928Exploring Nurse’s Communicative Role in Nurse-Patient Relations: A Qualitative StudyAli Fakhr-Movahedi0Zahra Rahnavard1Mahvash Salsali2Reza Negarandeh3Department of Nursing, Nursing Care Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, IranDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIntroduction: Recognition the nurses’ communicative roles can influence quality of patient’s care. Therefore, this study was aimed to explore nurse’s role in nurse-patient relations. Methods: This study was a qualitative research in which collected data was analyzed by content analysis method. The participants were 23 nurses, patients and their families in medical and surgical wards of a referral hospital in Tehran, Iran. Data were collected by semi-structured interview and observation. Results: Data analysis was led to the emergence of a main conceptual category: The patient's need-based communication. This category was derived from two categories: 1) Identifying the patient’s needs; and 2) Communicative behavior in the face of the patient’s needs. "Identifying the patient’s needs" was related to "type of the patient’s problem", "patients’ inquiring about their health status" and "monitoring the patient’s health status". "Communicative behavior in the face of the patient’s needs" was composed of four subcategories: "caring attention", "informal education of the patient", "inducing calmness to the patient", and "obtaining the trust of the patient". Conclusion: The nurse’s role in relationship with patients is designed according to patients’ needs. Therefore, if the patients’ needs in clinical settings are defined and clarified appropriately, the nurse-patient relations will be enhanced and thereby the quality of care will be improved.http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JCS/Manuscript/JCS-5-267.pdfNurse’s roleCommunicationNurse-patient relationsQualitative research |
spellingShingle | Ali Fakhr-Movahedi Zahra Rahnavard Mahvash Salsali Reza Negarandeh Exploring Nurse’s Communicative Role in Nurse-Patient Relations: A Qualitative Study Journal of Caring Sciences Nurse’s role Communication Nurse-patient relations Qualitative research |
title | Exploring Nurse’s Communicative Role in Nurse-Patient Relations: A
Qualitative Study |
title_full | Exploring Nurse’s Communicative Role in Nurse-Patient Relations: A
Qualitative Study |
title_fullStr | Exploring Nurse’s Communicative Role in Nurse-Patient Relations: A
Qualitative Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploring Nurse’s Communicative Role in Nurse-Patient Relations: A
Qualitative Study |
title_short | Exploring Nurse’s Communicative Role in Nurse-Patient Relations: A
Qualitative Study |
title_sort | exploring nurse s communicative role in nurse patient relations a qualitative study |
topic | Nurse’s role Communication Nurse-patient relations Qualitative research |
url | http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JCS/Manuscript/JCS-5-267.pdf |
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