Motamed-Jahromi Mohadeseh, Abbaszadeh Abbas, Borhani Fariba, Zaher Homa
Razi School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman 7616913555, Iran.
ISRN Nurs. 2012;2012:645828. doi: 10.5402/2012/645828. Epub 2012 Dec 30.
Patient advocacy is an inherent component of professional nursing ethics; in other words, nurses' enough knowledge would be essential to gain a positive attitude towards nursing advocacy. Using a descriptive-analytic design, this study aimed to assess the correlation between nurses' perception and attitudes towards patient advocacy, amongst 385 nurses in Kerman, Iran; hence, a three-part questionnaire was applied: part I, a demographic data sheet, part II, attitude measuring instrument, and part III, perception measuring instrument in nursing advocacy. The results implied that fairly positive attitudes and perception were found amongst the participants, and nurses' attitudes, in general, were positively correlated to their perception toward nursing advocacy. This means that with an improvement in perception, the attitude would also improve. In addition to our findings, it seems that these nurses needed more advocacy educational programs and support from responsible employers.
患者权益倡导是专业护理伦理的固有组成部分；换句话说，护士具备足够的知识对于树立积极的护理倡导态度至关重要。本研究采用描述性分析设计，旨在评估伊朗克尔曼市385名护士对患者权益倡导的认知与态度之间的相关性；因此，使用了一份由三部分组成的问卷：第一部分是人口数据表，第二部分是态度测量工具，第三部分是护理倡导认知测量工具。结果表明，参与者表现出较为积极的态度和认知，总体而言，护士的态度与他们对护理倡导的认知呈正相关。这意味着随着认知的提高，态度也会改善。除了我们的研究结果外，这些护士似乎还需要更多的倡导教育项目以及来自责任雇主的支持。
