Caring behavior and its associated factors among nurses working at public hospitals at Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Introduction:
The core of nursing practice is compassion, and nurses' actions affect the standard of patient care and are indicative of patient satisfaction. Nevertheless, many nurses actually do not act compassionately when giving nursing care to patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the degree and predictors of nursing caregiving behaviors among nurses working in public hospital inpatient departments.
Aim of the study:
This study set out to evaluate the caring behaviors of nurses and the characteristics that are linked to them among nurses employed by public hospitals.
Method: Three hundred nurses who provide inpatient care in public hospitals participated in a cross-sectional study. The degree of caring behavior was assessed using the English version of the CNPI-Nurse scale. The 95% confidence interval and the crude and adjusted odds ratios were used to report the connection. When the p-value was less than 0.05, the link was deemed statistically significant.
Finding :
59.% of nurses in this survey exhibited caring behavior overall. Instead of practicing the psychological parts of caring, the majority of respondents focused on the technical aspects of caring behavior. Furthermore , this study found that their were strongly significant correlation between caring behaviors and each of job satisfaction, nurse physician collaboration, and working environment (0.345, 0.457, 0.675) respectively
Conclusion:
Conclusion: Workload, job satisfaction, and working environment features all have an impact on nurses' caring behavior. Therefore, in order to raise the degree of nurses' compassionate behavior, it is essential to create a favorable work atmosphere and allocate enough time and resources.