PERSPECTIVES OF PATIENTS AND NURSES ON PRIORITIES OF CARING BEHAVIORS IN CRITICAL CARE UNITS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Caring is a complex and critical component in nursing that is fundamental
importance of nurses. Because health care is considered a personal relationship between patient
satisfactions is important in the care and patients are receiving care about what they care about is
important. Accordingly, the present study was to compare nurses 'and patients' perspectives on caring
behaviors are prioritized.
Methods & Materials: This is a descriptive – comparative that was conducted among 200 patients
hospitalized in critical care units' in Tabriz hospitals and 200 nurses caring for them. Data were collected
using a questionnaire Larson (Care-Q), which gives caring behaviors in six subgroups examined. For data
analysis, descriptive statistics that used SPSS v.21 software.
Results: Findings showed that there were significant differences between patients' and nurses'
perspectives on the subscales of the instrument (P<0.05). The high ranking in patients’ group is about
“availability” (p=0.02) and in nurses’ group is about “monitoring” (p=0.39).
Conclusion: Due to the difference of opinion between the two groups, suggesting that nurses pay
attention to needs of patients, particularly in the fields of emotional - psychological consider. Also, since
patients are less informed about health care, quality of care is necessary to prevent the proper training and
careful care of both by the authorities and the programmers’ managers.