Arthur David, Chong Colin, Rujkorakarn Darunee, Wong Doris, Wongpanarak Narisa
School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2004 Jun;13(2):100-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-0979.2004.00313.x.
Despite the unique cultural characteristics of psychiatric nurses in Hong Kong and Thailand little has been written about them or their caring practices. This study set out to examine the caring practices and demographic features of nurses working in these two countries where the development of the nursing education system has distinct similarities, yet where culture, career paths and qualifications differ. The Caring Attributes Questionnaire (CAQ), previously used in general nursing samples, was modified and validated for the study and administered to 275 and 227 psychiatric nurses in Hong Kong and Thailand, respectively. The results showed that more of the Hong Kong nurses were educated at the degree level and they tended to be younger, while both had around the same number of years of experience. The CAQ scores increase significantly with position, age and years of experience in the Hong Kong sample yet not for qualifications, while there were no significant differences detected in the Thai sample. The Thai sample had significantly lower CAQ scores and the results suggest that neither education nor experience modify these qualities of a psychiatric nurse, and it may be that nurses are still learning "on the job" rather than in the school. These findings are discussed in the light of findings from other international studies and recommendations for future studies are made.
尽管香港和泰国的精神科护士具有独特的文化特征，但关于他们及其护理实践的著述却很少。本研究旨在考察在这两个国家工作的护士的护理实践和人口统计学特征，这两个国家的护理教育体系发展有明显的相似之处，但文化、职业道路和资质却有所不同。之前用于普通护理样本的护理属性问卷（CAQ）在本研究中进行了修改和验证，并分别对香港和泰国的275名和227名精神科护士进行了问卷调查。结果显示，更多的香港护士拥有本科学历，且他们往往更年轻，而两地护士的工作年限大致相同。在香港样本中，CAQ得分随职位、年龄和工作年限显著增加，但与资质无关，而在泰国样本中未检测到显著差异。泰国样本的CAQ得分显著较低，结果表明，教育和经验都不会改变精神科护士的这些特质，可能是护士仍在“工作中”学习，而非在学校学习。本文根据其他国际研究的结果对这些发现进行了讨论，并对未来的研究提出了建议。
