title: Nurses' attitudes about the importance of families in nursing care: a survey of Swedish nurses.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of registered nurses (RNs) about the importance of involving families in nursing care. A sample of 634 randomly selected Swedish RNs completed the instrument, Families' Importance in Nursing Care-Nurses' Attitudes (FINC-NA), and reported holding supportive attitudes about families. High scores were found for the subscales: family as a resource in nursing care, family as a conversational partner, family as a burden, and family as its own resource. Variables that predicted a less supportive attitude about involving families in nursing care included being a newly graduated nurse, having no general approach to the care of families at the place of work, and being a male nurse.
authors.affiliation: Kalmar University, Kalmar, Sweden. eva.benzein@hik.se
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benzein
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: Kristofer Franzén
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Arestedt
authors.forename: Britt-Inger
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Saveman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D022143:Family Nursing; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D013548:Sweden