title: Client-centred counselling: a study of nurses' attitudes.
abstract: A survey of 142 nurses from mixed grades and disciplines was carried out to evaluate their attitudes to counselling. The Nelson-Jones and Patterson Counselling Attitude Scale was used to collect and analyse the data. The main finding was that the group as a whole showed only a slight tendency towards client-centredness. However, some interesting trends emerged across the groups, with students for example tending to be more client-centred than qualified staff. Some possible explanations for these results are offered.
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authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burnard
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authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003376:Counseling / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires