title: A 35-item version of the Caring Dimensions Inventory (CDI-35): multivariate analysis and application to a longitudinal study involving student nurses.
abstract: The present study was designed to investigate the perceptions of caring among student nurses and how these develop throughout the course of a programme of pre-registration nurse education. A 35-item version of the caring dimensions inventory was administered to a cohort of nursing students in a department of nursing in Scotland at entry to the programme, after 12 months and after 24 months on the programme. Caring was largely perceived through a technical dimension, demonstrated by factor analysis, but other dimensions such as intimacy, support and unnecessary and inappropriate aspects of nursing also became apparent as students progressed through the programme.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK. r.watson@nursing.hull.ac.uk
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Deary
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hoogbruin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004645:Empathy; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D012380:Role; D012606:Scotland; D012944:Social Support; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors