Engelsk titel: Caring behaviour perceptions from nurses of their first-line nurse managers
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Författare:
Peng, Xiao
;
Liu, Yilan
;
Zeng, Qingsong
Email: yilanl2008@sina.com
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 39
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 15123796
Sammanfattning
Background:
Nursing is acknowledged as being the art and science of caring. According to the theory of nursing as
caring, all persons are caring but not every behaviour of a person is caring. Caring behaviours in the
relationship between first-line nurse managers and Registered Nurses have been studied to a lesser
extent than those that exist between patients and nurses. Caring behaviour of first-line nurse
managers from the perspective of Registered Nurses is as of yet unknown. Identifying caring
behaviours may be useful as a reference for first-line nurse managers caring for nurses in a way that
nurses prefer.
Aims:
To explore first-line nurse managers' caring behaviours from the perspective of Registered Nurses in
mainland China.
Design:
Qualitative study, using descriptive phenomenological approach.
Methods:
Fifteen Registered Nurses recruited by purposive sampling method took part in in-depth interviews.
Data were analysed according to Colaizzi's technique.
Results:
Three themes of first-line nurse managers' caring behaviours emerged: promoting professional
growth, exhibiting democratic leadership and supporting work-life balance.
Conclusions:
A better understanding of the first-line nurse managers' caring behaviours is recognised. The three
kinds of behaviours have significant meaning to nurse managers. Future research is needed to
describe what first-line nurse managers can do to promote nurses' professional growth, increase the
influence of democratic leadership, as well as support their work-life balance.