Nursing patients--an enjoyable task?
The paper describes a small study, in which the issue of patient popularity is re-examined. A sample of 35 psychiatric in-patients was used. The factors demonstrated by previous authors as affecting patient popularity are reconsidered in the light of theoretical, methodological, empirical and epistemological criticisms of previous research work in this area. The issues of consistency of patient popularity, both over time and between nurse raters, are also examined.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D010361:Patients; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012107:Research Design; D012938:Social Perception