title: Nurses' attitudinal and normative beliefs concerning hemodynamic assessment by pulmonary artery catheterization.
abstract: The objective of this study was to identify, by using the Theory of Reasoned Action/Theory of Planned Behavior, the attitude and normative beliefs that influence the behavioral intention of the nurse to perform a hemodynamic assessment using the pulmonary artery catheterization. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews involving 23 nurses from three hospitals in the city of Campinas, São Paulo. The data were analyzed according to a qualitative methodology. Among the Attitude Beliefs, affective beliefs and those related to the advantages and disadvantages of performing the behavior stand out. Among the Normative Beliefs social referents were identified for the behavior, as well as the behavior-stimulating factors and the factors that discourage the performance of the behavior.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Therapy Unit, Campinas State University Hospital de Clínicas. crimendes2005@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Cristiano José Mendes
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Roberta Cunha Rodrigues
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: Maria Cecília Bueno Jayme
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gallani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000451:nursing*; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses