title: Elements of psychological support in nursing care.
abstract: The paper presents the results of a pilot study which involved 50 nurses from several departments of internal medicine of The State Clinical Hospital of the Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University in Cracow. The results are based on the Statement Response Questionnaire. They show that the most common responses of the nurses in the face of anxiety expressed by patients are cheering up the patient, collecting information about the symptom, and offering explanation of the symptom. The least common responses included expressing one's own positive emotions and showing empathy towards the patient.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Faculty of Nursing, Cracow, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Motyka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Motyka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wsołek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires