Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES, sa.3, ss.131-137, 2013 (ESCI)
Objective: The research was planned as a descriptive study to identify how patients' relatives perceive the role of nurses during the treatment process. Method: The study was conducted between July 3, 2009 and December 31, 2009 on 285 relatives accompanying their patients who are hospitalized in inpatient clinics of a university hospital which let companions stay with their patients. The tools consisted of "Family Members' Perception of the Nurses' Role" which is a five-point Likerttype scale and a standard record form to collect data on the individual characteristics of the patients' relatives. Descriptive statistical methods like frequency (n), percentage (%), arithmetic mean (x) and standard deviation (SD), and t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis, Wilcoxon comparison tests are used to analyze the related data. Results: Expectations of relatives of the patients on nurses were mostly as: "Let me help take care of the patient" (% 92.09); furthermore, expectations of relatives of the patients related to their perceptions on nursing practices were mostly as: "Make me feel that I can ask questions" (% 93.28). The variables influencing the expectations were determined as level of education, the place the subject was living at, and relationship to the patient. Conclusion: The level of perception on nursing practices were higher than the expected both totally and according to individual articles (p< 0.05).