title: Perceptions of nursing: a study involving nurses, nursing students, patients and non-nursing students.
abstract: This paper describes a study of perceptions of nursing by nursing students, qualified nurses (United Kingdom and Spain), patients and non-nursing students. A survey method was used with a longitudinal panel element incorporating a 35-item version of the Nursing Dimensions Inventory translated into Spanish. Data were analysed using principal component analysis, congruence analysis, Mokken scaling, correlation, ANOVA, t-test and Cronbach's alpha. Patients may perceive nursing differently from nursing students, nurses (in the UK and Spain) and non-nurses. These findings are discussed in the context of nurse education and patient care.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Social Work and Applied Health Studies, University of Hull, HU6 7RX, Hull, UK. r.watson@hull.ac.uk
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Ian J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Deary
authors.forename: Amandah Lea
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hoogbruin
authors.forename: Wytze
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vermeijden
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rumeu
authors.forename: Maribel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beunza
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barbarin
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McCready
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009729:Nursing; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D013030:Spain; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom