Coronary care patients' and nurses' perceptions of important nurse caring behaviors.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the relationship of patient-perceived and nurse-perceived caring behaviors.


METHODS
Descriptive.


METHODS
Three not-for-profit hospitals in a large metropolitan western city.


METHODS
Thirty coronary care patients and 30 coronary care nurses.


METHODS
Larson's nurse caring behaviors (CARE-Q) were rank ordered by the Q-sort method.


RESULTS
The patient's study group perceived behaviors that involved technology as most important, which differed from nurses, who perceived listening as the most important caring behavior.


CONCLUSIONS
This study supports the findings of other researchers that patients' and nurses' perceptions of important nurse caring behaviors are divergent.
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University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003325:Coronary Care Units; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011779:Q-Sort / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000078329:Workforce