title: Do they really care? How trauma patients perceive nurses' caring behaviors.
abstract: Applying the theory of Nursing as Caring can help the nurse provide care that is perceived as caring by moderately to severely injured trauma patients. The Caring Behaviors Inventory was administered in a 1-to-1 interview format to hospitalized trauma patients in a level 2 trauma center. Nurses were positively perceived in their caring behaviors with some variation based on gender and ethnicity. The modified Caring Behaviors Inventory is quick to use and is reliable and valid.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639, USA. alison.merrill@unco.edu
authors.forename: Alison S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Merrill
authors.forename: Janice S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: Lory
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Clukey
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D014193:Trauma Centers; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*